New Grants Drive Development Of Rapid, Cost-Effective Sequencing Technologies

Here come the grants for the $1000.00 DNA test. There are several recipients in the listing. At the rapid pace moving today, pricing for a total DNA sequencing is on it's way down in price. The goal is to have a sequence some day generated just like an annual physical. Companies are already starting to answer the call for training of physicians. BD

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded more than $20 million in grants to develop innovative sequencing technologies inexpensive and efficient enough to sequence a person's DNA as a routine part of biomedical research and health care.

"The ability to comprehensively sequence any person's genome is the type of quantum leap needed to usher in an age of personalized medicine where healthcare providers can use an individual's genetic code to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases," said Alan E. Guttmacher, M.D., acting director of the National Human Genome Research Institute.