Smaller, cheaper, and faster isn't just better. 

IT IS DIFFERENT.

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Medicine and the New Genetics

It’s also mind-blowing to think that sequencing the first human genome cost roughly $3 billion.  We are quickly closing in on the $100 genome.  The $100 Genome – this innovation is positioned as key to personalized medicine: inexpensive sequencing technology able to deliver an entire human genome in about eight hours; this means that medical treatment would account for the patient’s distinct genetic profile, thus assisting the medical profession with diagnosis, prognosis and drugs.

Nanofluidi Chip 

Because the chips can process long pieces of DNA, the molecules retain information about gene location; they can thus be used to quickly identify new viruses or bacteria causing an outbreak, or to map new genes linked to specific diseases. And as researchers learn more about the genetic variations implicated in different diseases, it might be possible to biopsy tissue and sequence only those genes with variants known to cause disease.

The Next Big Future

Why This Matters

http://www.genengnews.com/articles/chitem.aspx?aid=2864

New England Journal of Medicine