> Whole genome sequencing ... revealed almost perfect matches of their M. abscessus isolates How cool is it that in 2023 you can sequence samples from 4 patien

> Whole genome sequencing ... revealed almost perfect matches of their M. abscessus isolates How cool is it that in 2023 you can sequence samples from 4 patients as well as bacterial cultures found in separate ice machines and water sources to identify the source of an infection. Almost 30 years ago, when the first bacteria was sequenced, or 20 years ago, when the human genome project finished at a cost of $2.7B, or even 10 years ago, when sequencing cost more than $10,000 per run, this would have been unfathomable. But today it's a $600 routine expense, and it's perfectly reasonable to perform a dozen of them in the course of a large study.