Knome Genome

For $350,000 you could buy New Zealand artist Charles Goldie’s last painting, or a 2009 ZR1 Corvette, or a upscale condominium in Las Vegas, or, in a silver box containing a thumb drive, your own genome.  Knome (i.e. “know me”) in Cambridge, MA is now offering genome sequencing to invididuals; it extracts DNA from blood cells and has the sequencing done at the Beijing Genome Institute.  When the results return, Knome arranges a symposium for its customers where scientists explain the significance the data.  The company expects to do about 20 genomes per year.  MORE

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