Which groundbreaking product design innovation transformed genetic research by reducing DNA sequencing costs from millions to just hundreds of dollars per genome?

In the competitive world of scientific instruments, product design innovation can revolutionize research capabilities and create market dominance. One particular design breakthrough in recent years completely transformed how scientists approach a common laboratory procedure, making it more accessible, affordable, and precise. Test your knowledge about this significant scientific product design evolution that changed laboratory practices worldwide.

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Illumina's Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology with reversible terminator chemistry
Oxford Nanopore's MinION portable DNA sequencer using nanopore detection
Thermo Fisher's Ion Torrent semiconductor sequencing platform
Pacific Biosciences' SMRT (Single Molecule Real-Time) sequencing technology