Fast, Low-Cost Human Genomes Will Transform Our Lives

Nowhere has the impact of digitization been more profound than in the field of genomics. In roughly a dozen years, price performance has improved 3 million-fold and speed has improved 60,000-fold. No other field even comes close. Where do we stand? What are the implications? Where do we go from here? We'll provide the answers. 

The human genome stores the information needed to replicate our bodies.  It is stored on 23 chromosome pairs and consists of just over 3 billion DNA base pairs.  This .....