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NEWS ABOUT: sequencing

sequencing stories: 2 news summaries

Get Your
Genome Sequenced
for Just $50K

New technology
slashes test cost

Aug 11, 09 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Decoding the first full human genome cost billions, but a professor of bioengineering says he has done it for just $50,000 using technology he helped design, reports the San Francisco Business Times. Stephen Quake sequenced his genetic code using a team of just three people. Only last year, decoding... More »

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DNA • genome • human genome • sequencing

(Newser) - A 5-year, $53 million project has resulted in the sequencing of the cow genome, the Houston Chronicle reports. The results will likely take the guesswork out of breeding, but also mark the end of big-money sequencing projects. “It was pretty dumb to do the cow for $50 million when... More »

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milk • beef • cows • genes • genome • Baylor University • scientific research • sequencing

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