Kevin Davies

Editor-in-Chief, Bio-IT World

Guest

Editor-in-Chief of Bio-IT World, a trade magazine covering the role of technology in the life sciences, and author of The $1,000 Genome: The Revolution in DNA Sequencing and the New Era of Personalized Medicine

Kevin Davies on KCRW

Last week, we talked about the development of genome sequencing , which took 10 years and $2 billion twenty years ago.

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Last week, we talked about the development of genome sequencing , which took 10 years and $2 billion twenty years ago.

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It took $2 billion and ten years to complete the Human Genome Project . Now, just ten years later, many individuals have had their genomes sequenced, and the cost keeps dropping.

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It took $2 billion and ten years to complete the Human Genome Project . Now, just ten years later, many individuals have had their genomes sequenced, and the cost keeps dropping.

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