I believe Herper is right that if you intend to access your genome sequence via a traditional medical route, it will certainly cost more than $1000 for the foreseeable future - if indeed you can ...

He says his machine will be able to sequence a human genome, some 3.2 gigabytes’ worth of data, in two hours for just $1,000. Now thousands, and soon enough millions, of patients will have their ...

That's cheap, considering the first human genome cost $3 billion to complete. As companies race to crack the $1,000 genome, contending DNA machines in the marketplace suggest an end is near.

December 3, 2012 • Technology now exists that makes it possible for doctors to decipher the entire genetic code of a newborn. Should it be done? What about fetuses in the womb? That's now a ...

The “$1,000 genome” has been one of the most visible tech goals in the last 10 years, even sporting its own XPrize for a short time. It refers to the ability to “sequence,” or de-code ...

Starting today, Cambridge-based Veritas Genetics will be lowering its $999 whole genome sequencing and interpretation service for just $199 for two days, or to the first 1,000 people who buy spit ...

Opinions expressed are those of the author. The $1,000 Genome. Much was promised when the scientific community reached this momentous milestone: Every newborn would be sequenced at birth ...

Illumina seized the science world’s attention at the outset of the year by announcing it had achieved the $1,000 genome, crossing a long-sought threshold expected to accelerate advances in ...

His most recent book is called The $1,000 Genome, but Kevin Davies says that the $100 genome isn’t out of reach in the move toward personalized medicine. The author and editor-in-chief of Bio-IT ...

The news that the cost of personal genome sequencing will soon drop as low as $1,000 has generated a quite a bit of interest and concern — from medical researchers, biotech companies ...

The quest for the $1,000 genome sequence began in December 2001 at the National Human Genome Research Institute’s scientific retreat. That quest appears to have been completed with Illumina’s ...