This is perhaps one of the most awaited announcements with Complete Genomics, who is basically slated to use their technology to “wholesale” sequencing, in other words, they will run the DNA but will not provide the analysis and is said to have a pretty big impact on what the cost of sequencing is going...
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First of all if you are not familiar with what this is all about, use the link below to watch a video that will help you comprehend what is going on with the Human Genome Project and the Personal Genome Project. An Introduction to Genomics – Humans have Bugs just like Windows does and It’s all...
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This author found out she had the BRCA1 mutation from an early study where she had participated and was counseled on what she might look in to for her future lifestyle and options for early testing, i.e. mammograms at at 30, etc. She dropped out of the study and years later is diagnosed with breast...
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“Steven Pinker is Harvard College professor of psychology at Harvard University and the author of “The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window Into Human Nature.” Steven Pinker was one of the first 10 volunteers to have his genome sequenced. This is a rather lengthy, but well worth reading article...
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We have not heard much of this in the news of late, and with recent milestones in the progress it could be an entirely different ball game too by the time it is decided. Complete Genomics, who I am not even sure is a contender here has changed the picture quite a bit with their offering of 5k sometime...
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There are big companies investing in genomics as well, but as time progresses we could see a combination of efforts and some melt downs occur. Cerner healthcare just recently made the news by adding genomics capabilities to their lab software. Complete Genomics has a little different...
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The cost sometime next year though may go down with Complete Genomics and their upcoming offer of $5000.00 to sequence a complete individual DNA. There are some that don’t share the same interest in view of privacy issues, but in my small opinion, privacy is pretty much only existing in the shadows...
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We are getting closer to the $1,000 genome. Their business though is not to sell the machines, but rather to “wholesale” the process, in other words they will sequence only and offer no interpretations, which would be done by another company they would supply the sequencing information to. ...
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