[joshuamcginnis]

> Have you tried applying your hobby towards reducing the cost of healthcare in America?

That isn't my stated goal, but I would imagine that sharing how to genetically engineer an incredibly powerful organism to express heterologous genes for less than $3000 in a kitchen lab could open up many possibilities!

> Could you diagnose what kind of flu virus you have?

Is it possible to extract DNA from a bodily fluid, perform PCR and read the sequence results to determine flu variant? I'd have to check on if there is a known DNA sequence that barcodes flu viral variants, but presuming there is, then yes - all of this is possible from a home lab currently.

[Metacelsus]

Influenza is an RNA virus so you'll need to reverse transcribe it.

[ta988]

Yes with a nanopore device that's doable if you take a sample that has a high enough viral charge. You may evem be able to get reads without amplification.