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Man, the Helicos PR machine is running at full speed. This headline is grossly misleading. Yes, you can decode a human genome for 50K, but if I'm not mistaken,
by JunkDNA 17y ago
Man, the Helicos PR machine is running at full speed. This headline is grossly misleading. Yes, you can decode a human genome for 50K, but if I'm not mistaken, the instrument itself is a million dollars. So, anyone decoding your genome certainly isn't going to do it at cost if they have any hope of getting a return on their instrumentation investment.
- vijayr 17y agoLooks like the main purpose of titles/headlines is to get people to read the article, than being accurate.
- ujjwalg 17y agoI have been noticing it too many times at too many places these days. Especially on big news network like CNN/ESPN. They will have completely misleading title for the post just to grab attention.
- jacquesm 17y agoA mri scan costs < 800 euros, the equipment costs millions of dollars. It's not like you throw it away after the first 20 uses.