Increased competition could benefit the genomics industry, even though research is generally difficult to convert into real-world health advances. But now, you can get your genome sequenced for just $200.
Each individual has a different arrangement of the As, Cs, Gs, and Ts—the basic building blocks that make up DNA—which make up the more than 6 billion letters that constitute the human genome. It used to require a tremendous amount of resources—money, time, and effort—to figure out the ...