British company could deeply cut DNA scans' cost

February 25, 2009 By MARCUS WOHLSEN , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- A British company's new technique for reading DNA could move medicine a step closer to an affordable gene scan for every patient.

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• KBK - Feb 25, 2009
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  Right. Leave it to the Brits to find a way to process more people -faster and cheaper- in their 1984 'land of the future'.
  
  There are two sides to every coin.
  
  Don't forget to look at all the potential negative connotations in this one.
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• menkaur - Feb 26, 2009
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  if i'm not mistaken, i've heard from a ceo giving a presentation at standford, who is convinced that his company will be able to sequence complete human genome in 2112 for 25$ in 30 min...
  i'd like to see that ...
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