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Friday, June 01, 2007Some scientists believe that it will be medically useful to sequence patients’ genomes when the cost of sequencing falls to around $10,000 or less. Dr. Egholm said that with improvements already under way, the 454 sequencing machine will soon be able to sequence a human genome for $100,000. The cost of sequencing has been dropping so fast in the hands of groups like 454 Life Sciences and Solexa Inc. that some technologists predict the $10,000 genome will be attained in a few years. Would you be willing to spend $10,000 to know your gene sequence? The assumption here is that it will be clinically worth that much money, but there's no way of knowing whether you will get a return on that investment that's superior to our traditional approach to treating disease. Depends on what they find, but you won't know that until the sequencing has been bought and paid for. posted by Sydney on 6/01/2007 08:28:00 AM 3 comments 3 Comments:Watson lives and works nearby me. This story is getting HUGE coverage. From what I understand, the sequence may or may not end up giving alot of information. This is awsome, very exciting. But where is the sequence? has anyone even seen the actual genome that was supposedly "made publicly available"? By 4:03 PM , atWell, I've seen people spending 10K dollars on sillier things... By Funny myths, at 8:15 AM |
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