Genome Sequencing Exploring the Diagnostic Promise

December 19, 2014

December 19, 2014 | At the time that we completed a draft of the 3 billion letters of the human genome about a decade ago, it would have cost about $100 million to sequence a second human genome. Today, thanks to advances in DNA sequencing technology, it will soon be possible to sequence your genome or mine for  $1,000… NIH Director's Blog