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Mapping your genome is getting cheaper by the week

posted August 14, 2009 - 6:49am
Mapping your genome is getting cheaper by the week






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From an initial cost of 300 million dollars plus more than 250 scientists and technicians to just three people and a cost less than $50,000 the cost of mapping

The genome of a human being is getting cheaper faster than we imagine.

 

Check out the story on  Helicos Biosciences Corp.’s gene- sequencing machine has just mapped the genome of a Stanford University professor at a cost less than $50,000 here

 

Article: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=alfGT.wYlQ4Q
Website: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&si...

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