Personal genomics seem to be speeding up as fast as consumer electronics – soon there will be a need for a genome-gadget website. The latest news as reported by Genetic Future is the announcement of complete genome sequencing for $ 5,000 by mid 2009! The company behind this announcement is Complete Genomics which are new…
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The price of personal genomics keep coming down
by Ward • • 0 Comments
Just a few week ago I updated some of the price drops in personal genomics (price drop from $ 999 to $ 399 for the scanning of 500,000+ SNPs). But these personal genome scans are not the entire genome but for specific single nucleotide polymorphisms. The holy grail of personal genomics is the scanning of…
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personal genomics controversy
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Image via Wikipedia There are a number of companies (23andMe, deCODEme, Navigenics) that offer a service of scanning your genome, using microarray technology, for numerous (500,000 – 1,000,000) single nucleotide polymorphims (SNPs). SNPs, (snips), are one (not the only) source of variation in our genomes that make us all unique individuals, and offers us some…