[chrisamiller]

Unfortunately, there still is no such thing as "basic" analysis of DNA. :)Ewan Birney has a great quote about this:

Sequencing, analysing and interpreting genomes is ‘routine’ in the same way the US Navy ‘routinely’ lands planes on aircraft carriers. It might happen regularly by well trained crew with the right equipment but it is not an easy thing to do. https://twitter.com/ewanbirney/status/1040144488948281344

That said, an Oxford Nanopore sequencer + a laptop is probably the closest thing to what you want.

[LinuxBender]

This is actually promising. Obviously my mental comparison is not appropriate, but I recall diagnostic equipment for vehicles that cost $500k+ and took up a half of a bay in the shop. Now I can do the same diagnostics with a hand-held device that is $95. That was a 20 year gap. If the same evolution occurs with genetic equipment, it will meet my needs. In 15 to 20 years, I want to acquire a copy of Dr. Sinclairs work on the yamanaka factors and reversing cell age. I will need equipment to see DNA, epigenetic methylation and more.