Oxford Nanopore Technologies Limited announced Short Fragment Mode will be integrated into the operating software that drives nanopore devices, allowing sequencing of fragments as short as 20 bases on nanopore platforms. Using nanopore technology, it's possible to sequence short to ultra-long fragments of DNA. Recent developments in software have enabled Oxford Nanopore to "unlock" the ability to sequence the shortest of DNA fragments, down to 20 bases in length. Short Fragment mode is also coupled with Oxford Nanopore's ability to generate high outputs per flow cell (with over 250M reads demonstrated on a single PromethION flow cell) of information rich data.

Users can now easily access methylation information of short molecules, such as cell free DNA, using the latest methylation detection tool Remora.