Personal DNA Sequencing Machine One Step Closer 65
oxide7 writes "A new, low cost semiconductor-based gene sequencing machine has been developed and may unlock the door to advanced medicines and life itself. A team led by Jonathan Rothberg of Ion Torrent in Guilford, Conn is working on a system which uses semiconductors to decode DNA, dramatically reducing costs and taking them closer to being able to reach the goal of a $1000 human genome test. The current optical based system costs around $49000 and is already on the market and being used in over 40 countries."
Re:G, A, T, C (Score:4, Funny)
Valiant attempt sir.
Too bad we don't bother to follow laws anymore.
We're 7 days from economically blowing up our country, so a little "ethics" law won't stop anyone.
Personal DNA Machine (Score:4, Funny)
For the love of god, don't let one of those machines find its way into the southern United States. Can you imagine what damage it would do to the family trees if they had ironclad proof of how many hillbillies didn't understand that even if they got divorced, they're still brother and sister?