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Science enters $1,000 genome era
The ability to sequence a human genome for just $1,000 has arrived, a US genetic technology company has announced.
San Diego-based Illumina says it is to release a new sequencing machine that can deliver five whole genomes in a day.
The race to unlock a human's genetic blueprint for $1,000 has been underway for more than a decade.
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The HiSeq X Ten high throughput genetic sequencing machine was announced at the annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco this week. The company said it had broken the "sound barrier" of human genomics.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25751958
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