NHGRI Issues $32 million in grants toward personal genomics
Today the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) awarded $32 million toward innovative genome sequencing technologies that promise to bring down the cost of a human genome sequence to $1000. In October of last year, the NHGRI awarded $40 million in grants for sequencing innovations that promise to bring down the cost of a human genome to $100,000 in the near-term.
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Even if you didn't know it before this moment, getting a personal copy of your genome sequence is a lifestyle choice that you may want to consider.
So are you going to take the personal genomics plunge? How are you going to decide? What are the issues? How are other people making this decision? Who is doing interesting work relevant to these choices? By the way, what is relevant? These are some of the issues this blog is intended to address.
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