New method for producing synthetic DNA

Chemically synthesized short DNA sequences are extremely important ingredients with countless uses in research laboratories, hospitals and in industry, like in detecting COVID-19. Phosporamidites are necessary building blocks in the production of DNA sequences, but break quickly. Researchers from Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry at Aarhus University have developed a new patented way to efficiently manufacture the unstable building blocks immediately before they are to be used and thus streamline DNA production