Thursday, February 6, 2014

Whole Genome Sequencing - It's REALLY cheap.




This graph is amazing.  When I was doing genetic research in 2003 I was able to singlehandedly ruin over $5000 worth of DNA by leaving a sample tray no bigger than an iPhone out of the freezer too long.  This did not endear me to my colleagues in the lab.  According to my calculations which I just did in my head with made up numbers, today it would require approximately an entire Apple Store worth of iPhone sized bricks to reach that value.

What this means is that the age of whole genome sequencing is upon us.  For more information on what whole genome sequencing could bring to the medical world, check out this video.        

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