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. 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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