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Mapping human genome to cost $1000 and take 24hrs by end of 2012 (cnet.com)
2 points by zdean on Jan 10, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Here's the "experts" talking about the announcement ...

seqnanswers thread : http://seqanswers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16709

Just how good this piece of equipment is unknown. Regardless, the race to the $1K genome may be in the final lap.

Illumina is their main competitor. Looks like ILMN stock took a hit but recovered quickly : http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=ILMN+Basic+Chart&t=5d , so I guess the market is unconvinced.




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