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 order of all those letters. Numerous researchers worked on the Human Genome Project for 13 years. $2.7 billion was the final price.
The genomics era began with that 1990 initiative, which also sparked the creation of at-home DNA tests and other innovations while assisting researchers in understanding the genetic causes of many inherited disorders and cancer. Then, scientists began sequencing more genomes, including those from bacteria, viruses, bacteria, and plants. Prior to ten years ago, se...
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