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July 21, 2011
significance
Wired blogger rips apart statistical analysis of the new sequencing technology, Ion Torrent. Just goes to show how words are used is important.
Two surprising features of this room that aren’t apparent in this photo: firstly, it’s small, amazingly so given the machines in this room currently have the capacity to churn out 400 complete human genomes every month. - Genomics in Mountain View: A Visit to 23andMe and Complete Genomics
Wow or Crap! We have so much data and so little of it we understand.
Did you know you can have your genome scanned for as little as $207 with an one year subscription? Fair warning is how much do you really want to know about your health risks and what would you do about it. Also, if you won't buy a car that isn't 6 sigma quality, why would you buy results that is less than that? Think of it as buying a Model T.
Grace in academics? I didn't say aliens, I said grace.
MIT press oversells their research. At understanding, a letdown is felt. They can now cut and paste using essentially a biological macro.
Posted by azileretsis at July 21, 2011 01:40 PM
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