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Re:Researchers looking for mRNA were ridiculed by colleagues by hyperpallium2 on Saturday February 20, 2021 @01:33PM (#26206533)
Years ago, genome sequencing was getting exponentially cheaper, and supposedly would be desktop-priced soon. Did that not happen?

I noticed companies moving into the space, like 23andme, and wondered if they might work in combination to keep consumer prices high...

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Re:Researchers looking for mRNA were ridiculed by colleagues by shakow on Sunday February 21, 2021 @06:06AM (#26212545)
> I noticed companies moving into the space, like 23andme

23andme is not doing sequencing, they're doing genotyping. And they are doing so using relatively old and well-established method; so I highly doubt they will be a force of innovation in the sector for the coming times.

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