Jan 13
Another Stop on the Road to the $1,000 Genome
Yesterday, Dan Vorhaus, wrote an excellent comment on Illumina’s new instrument announced at J.P. Morgan’s Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.
According toMatthew Herper of Forbes.com, Illumina’s new machine “will decode a person’s DNA in one week using $10,000 worth of materials – five times cheaper than any other competing gadget on the market
Oh - and BGI also announced that they bought a whopping 128 of these machines, confirming their lead as one of the global leaders in sequencing.