Which revolutionary laboratory product, first commercially available in the early 2000s, dramatically reduced the cost of DNA sequencing and enabled the '$1000 genome' milestone?

Modern scientific research has been transformed by innovative product design that has made previously impossible experiments routine. This trivia question explores a breakthrough technology that revolutionized genetic research and opened new frontiers in science, medicine, and biotechnology. Test your knowledge of this pivotal scientific product innovation!

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Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) platforms
Digital PCR machines
Automated Western Blot systems
Confocal microscopy arrays