In 2003, the Human Genome Project announced an enormous scientific breakthrough. Scientists had sequenced the entire human DNA code—200 million base pairs. The project took 13 years and cost nearly $3 billion.
In 2013, the small machine pictured above can do the same thing in just 24 hours. And sequencing a single person’s DNA costs about one one-millionth of the price: Just $3,500.
Read the full, original story here: Genome Sequencing 1 Million Times Cheaper Than 10 Years Ago
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