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		westurner on Aug 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AlphaFold's database grows over 200x to cover near... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Genome_Project #History "The Cost of Sequencing a Human Genome" https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/Sequencing...

bonsai_spool on Aug 2, 2022 [–]

If we're just sharing links, I have one too:

https://www.genome.gov/human-genome-project/Completion-FAQ

westurner on Aug 2, 2022 | [–]

Together, these teams have achieved a very significant cost reduction: the link I shared cites a sub-$1K cost to sequence a genome today; a cost savings of millions of dollars per genome.

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