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Biology 2.0: A special report on the human genome
- edge17 16y agoNot to belittle any individuals work and not to say that it isn't important for government to step and and fund important things, but I find comparing public sector expense and private sector expense to be somewhat like comparing apples to oranges. Government spending compared to private sector spending has a habit of being much looser. The genome sequenced by the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium (actually a composite from several individuals) took 13 years and cost $3 billion. Now, using the latest sequencers from Illumina, of San Diego, California, a human genome can be read in eight days at a cost of about $10,000. That being said, I remember I was in high school when this was completed. Definitely recall it being exciting news in my molecular bio class.