New long read sequencing technology
At Next Generation Sequencing I saw a review of a new sequencing technology that allows for long reads, unlike all the other new sequencing methods. While the other technologies read sequences of up to a hundred base-pairs, this can potentially read thousands. This is exciting since this longer reads are needed to deal with repetitive regions and since longer reads will enable us to sequence phased chromosomes and not the mix of two chromosomes we usually get.
The review is silent on when we can expect this technology in use or how fast it will be and such, but I hope it is not just vapour-ware.