Now You Can Sequence Your Whole Genome for Just $200
Now You Can Sequence Your Whole Genome for Just $200
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
November 19, 20189m 37s
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Here are a few things you can buy with $200: one bluetooth-controlled fire pit, 100 lab-grown Impossible White Castle sliders, access to the 3 billion base pairs that make up all the DNA coiled inside your cells. Well, at least for the next 48 hours. 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 kits.
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