Stanford University uses AI computing to cut DNA sequencing down to five hours

Good news! When will we will achieve 1 hour or less? Any future pathogenic virus be damned!

This record is actually old according to Guinness as it dates from 3/16/2021. Only the journal article about the record is new! Or in other words, the record is almost one year old and still unchallenged!

"... The study ... involved speeding up every step of genome sequencing workflow by relying on new technology. This included using nanopore sequencing on Oxford Nanopore's PromethION Flow Cells to generate more than 100 gigabases of data per hour, and Nvidia GPUs on Google Cloud to speed up the base calling and variant calling processes. ...
The previous Guinness World Record for DNA sequencing was 14 hours held by Rady Children's Institute."

Stanford University uses AI computing to cut DNA sequencing down to five hours | ZDNet Speeding up the genome sequencing process has earned the project a Guinness World Record title.

Ultrarapid Nanopore Genome Sequencing in a Critical Care Setting (no public access) Because a genetic diagnosis can guide clinical management and improve prognosis in critically ill patients, much effort has gone into developing methods that result in rapid, reliable results. The authors describe extremely rapid sequencing and analysis of the genomes of 12 patients, 5 of whom received a diagnosis.