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DNA Sequencing for the Masses

Jun 04, 2007

This New York Times article from the weekend runs through the potential for genome sequencing on a grand (read: consumers would actually know about it) scale. The process of distributing genomes to people "is likely to be as much a social experiment as a scientific one," according to the article.

And here's a less rosy commentary from Jonathan Eisen to remind readers that getting your genome sequenced may not be the best thing that ever happens to you.

 

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