$1000 Genome By Veritas Genetics

DNA sequencing costs have dropped several orders of magnitude in the last 15 years. The cost passed below $10k in around 2011 and has continued to drop since. Now some people can now get their DNA sequenced for $1000. Veritas Genetics today announced that the company is making it possible for participants in the Personal Genome Project (PGP) to be among the first to get their whole genome sequenced and interpreted for less than a $1,000. Led by Veritas Genetics Co-Founder Dr. George Church, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Personal Genome Project, PGP is a long-term effort to sequence thousands of complete genomes to enable research into personal genomics and personalized medicine. PGP has...
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