Scripps Researcher Praises $1,000 Genome Breakthrough

More than a decade after the first human genome was sequenced for hundreds of millions of dollars, San Diego-based Illumina has unveiled its new DNA mapping system that can do the job for $1,000.

Breaking the $1,000 cost barrier is significant because researchers can now afford to sequence the large numbers of people needed to understand the role of DNA in a wide range of diseases and medical conditions, Scripps Health Chief Academic Officer Eric Topol, MD, told the U-T San Diego.

Dr. Topol is a leading genomics scientist who directs the Scripps Translational Science Institute in La Jolla.

Read the U-T San Diego article here: Illumina Breaks Genome Cost Barrier