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Re:FDA considers first CRISPR gene editing treatment that ma... by GeekyBear on Monday November 20, 2023 @08:38PM (#38357677)
The Human Genome Project to read a full copy of the base pair sequence in one human started out with about 3 Billion dollars in initial funding, and it took a couple of decades to get complete coverage.

However, the technology, techniques and equipment developed to automate the process have massively cut costs and increased speed over that time.

> A new speed record in DNA sequencing may soon help families more quickly find answers to difficult and life-altering questions.

In just 7 hours, 18 minutes, a team of researchers at Stanford Medicine went from collecting a blood sample to offering a disease diagnosis. This unprecedented turnaround time is the result of ultra-rapid DNA sequencing technology paired with massive cloud storage and computing.

https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/science/022722/record-brea...

You have to crawl before you can run.

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Re:FDA considers first CRISPR gene editing treatment that ma... by ummonk on Monday November 20, 2023 @09:13PM (#38358037)
Yeah you can get a whole genome sequence of yourself for about $300 now.
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Re:FDA considers first CRISPR gene editing treatment that ma... by privacyking on Monday November 20, 2023 @10:13PM (#38358590)
What companies are offering that at that price?
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Re:FDA considers first CRISPR gene editing treatment that ma... by fragmede on Monday November 20, 2023 @11:39PM (#38359334)
Shit, 23andme.com's discounted to $99 right now.
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Re:FDA considers first CRISPR gene editing treatment that ma... by treyd on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @12:02AM (#38359515)
Doesn't 23andme only do localized sequencing for particular SNPs that are relevant for genealogical investigation? I didn't think they did full-genome sequencing.
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Re:FDA considers first CRISPR gene editing treatment that ma... by fragmede on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @01:09AM (#38359992)
they used to offer full data download but it looks like they disabled that. Nebula Genomics is offering to do it for $500 with black Friday sales, which is close.
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Re:FDA considers first CRISPR gene editing treatment that ma... by marchukov on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @03:29AM (#38360954)
Hm. Apparently I was wrong. They indeed "temporarily" disabled it after the credential stuffing attack [1].

[1] https://customercare.23andme.com/hc/en-us/articles/212196868...

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Re:FDA considers first CRISPR gene editing treatment that ma... by marchukov on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @03:26AM (#38360932)
They still do (update: not they are not). It is not and was not a full genome sequencing, but rather a SNP genotyping. Current 23andme raw report (using their v5 chip) contains around 24K SNPs.
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Re:FDA considers first CRISPR gene editing treatment that ma... by autoexec on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @03:12AM (#38360817)
With their history of selling and leaking people's DNA, 23andme doesn't seem like such a great deal at any price.
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Re:FDA considers first CRISPR gene editing treatment that ma... by vibrio on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @04:50AM (#38361560)
Low price genotyping makes me think of the maxim: “ If you are not paying for the product, then you are the product .”
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Re:FDA considers first CRISPR gene editing treatment that ma... by mfld on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @03:22AM (#38360892)
Nebula genomics, Dante Genomics, ySeq and others (waiting for deals might be needed). 23&me main offering does Not include sequencing.
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Re:FDA considers first CRISPR gene editing treatment that ma... by privacyking on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @06:42PM (#38386861)
Interesting thanks
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