Comments on: The $1,000 Genome is Coming: How Will It Change the World? http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/05/21/the-1000-genome-is-coming-how-will-it-change-the-world/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:43:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Change perhaps faster than we are ready for « A Man With A Ph.D. http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/05/21/the-1000-genome-is-coming-how-will-it-change-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-59624 Change perhaps faster than we are ready for « A Man With A Ph.D. Fri, 22 May 2009 21:09:25 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=25869#comment-59624 [...] perhaps faster than we are ready for May 22, 2009 — Richard The $1,000 Genome is Coming: How Will It Change the World?: [Via Xconomy Life Sciences Feed] Biotech, Genomics, [...] [...] perhaps faster than we are ready for May 22, 2009 — Richard The $1,000 Genome is Coming: How Will It Change the World?: [Via Xconomy Life Sciences Feed] Biotech, Genomics, [...]

]]> By: Bob http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/05/21/the-1000-genome-is-coming-how-will-it-change-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-59589 Bob Fri, 22 May 2009 18:07:27 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=25869#comment-59589 $1,000 genome = more expensive tests that we do not need... = lots of false positives (it is, after all, probabilistic). A better approach: keep older drugs, make them better by a $10 or a $1 genome test. Also, I remember a grand announcement from the late 70's/early 80's that the invention of the genome sequencer would change the world and drug development... It is 30 years later now... $1,000 genome = more expensive tests that we do not need… = lots of false positives (it is, after all, probabilistic).

A better approach:
keep older drugs, make them better by a $10 or a $1 genome test.

Also, I remember a grand announcement from the late 70’s/early 80’s that the invention of the genome sequencer would change the world and drug development… It is 30 years later now…

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