The First and Last Meeting of Everyone with a Fully Sequenced Genome
18 feb 2010
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Nearly every person who has had their entire genome sequenced will gather in a single room near Boston on April 27. It’s the last time this will ever happen. Within a year, the dozens of people in this elite group will have been joined by a thousand or more people.
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“There was a time that only guys in white labcoats had the credentials and training to operate computers,” said Jason Bobe, co-organizer of the GET conference, where the fully sequenced group will meet. ”Nowadays, we’re all experts to some degree. This is happening in genetics too.”
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The next five years will bring massive genetics experiments and breakthroughs in personalized cancer treatment, according to Harvard University geneticist George Church.
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The first human genome sequence, finished in 2003, cost an estimated $2.7 billion. Today, the price has dropped below $1,500 for a complete sequence, and it’s on the way to becoming so inexpensive that most everyone will be able to afford it.
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We zitten al aan 1100 euro voor een compleet gesequenced genoom (volgens deze bron).
En de kost blijft zakken. Spoedig zal iedereen het zich kunnen veroorloven.