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Re:Gene Therapy Was Hailed as a Revolution – Then Came the Bill by Aser on Monday April 08, 2019 @07:49AM (#19604279)
The cost will come down. 20 years ago, the cost of sequencing one person's genome was over $100 million. Today it's $1000.
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Re:Gene Therapy Was Hailed as a Revolution – Then Came the Bill by snarf21 on Monday April 08, 2019 @08:52AM (#19604698)
Not disagreeing with you but can you get a full genome for $1K? I assumed that was only partial.
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Re:Gene Therapy Was Hailed as a Revolution – Then Came the Bill by bluGill on Monday April 08, 2019 @10:07AM (#19605310)
Do you need a full genome? If a person has symptoms the doctor doesn't need a full genome sequence, just enough to verify that it is the/a sequence the treatment can fix. The cheaper the better, accuracy is important but but quantity outside the sequence in question is not useful.
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Re:Gene Therapy Was Hailed as a Revolution – Then Came the Bill by mruts on Monday April 08, 2019 @08:46AM (#19604654)
Not if the government/insurance gets involved.
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