GnuBio: Whole Genome Sequencing for $30
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Say goodbye to the $1000 genome, and even the $100 genome. Thanks to a fledging start-up out of Harvard, there may be an even lower near-term benchmark. Speaking at a meeting in Boston, GnuBio described technology for doing whole-genome sequencing for as little as $30 a pop using an interation of microdroplet technology already in commercial use, out of the same lab.
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