Here’s Mark’s key message: The time of the $1000 genome meme is over. It served us well for years – driving advances in instrumentation, chemistry and biology. But now it is reducing clinical credibility. It’s time for it to leave the lexicon of healthcare; it has to go.
View the original article here: Cancer, Data and the Fallacy of the $1000 Genome – Forbes
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