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By Jeffrey M. Perkel

My Own Private Genome

So you want your own genome sequenced. What's that going to cost?

Suppose I walked into a lab, set a vial of blood on a bench, and requested my genome sequence. What would it cost? How long would it take? Is anyone anywhere near winning J. Craig Venter?s $10 million prize for the first $1,000 genome?



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