To the Point
The $1,000 Genome and 'Personalized Medicine'
It took $2 billion and ten years to complete the Human Genome Project . Now, just ten years later, many individuals have had their genomes sequenced, and the cost keeps dropping. Kevin Davies is editor of Bio-IT World , which covers the role of technology in the life sciences.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readIt took $2 billion and ten years to complete the
Human Genome Project. Now, just ten years later, many individuals have had their genomes sequenced, and the cost keeps dropping.
Kevin Davies is editor of
Bio-IT World, which covers the role of technology in the life sciences. He's also the author of
The $1000 Genome: The Revolution in DNA Sequencing and the New Era of Personalized Medicine
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