Latest genome cost plummets to $50,000
Helicos Biosciences machine maps genetic code of Stanford professor
Posted: August 11, 2009 at 5:01 a.m.
Helicos Biosciences Corp.'s gene-sequencing machine mapped the genome of a Stanford University professor, who developed the technology, for less than $50,000 using the labor of just three people, researchers reported.
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