Mother of god. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=144984317 >"A biotechnology company announced it has developed a machine to decode an individual's DNA in a day for $1,000, a long-sought price goal for making the genome useful for medical care." Shit's 'bout to get real.

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Anonymous Wed Jan 11 11:04:58 2012 No.4242697 [Reply] [Original]

Mother of god.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=144984317

>"A biotechnology company announced it has developed a machine to decode an individual's DNA in a day for $1,000, a long-sought price goal for making the genome useful for medical care."

Shit's 'bout to get real.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 11:07:21 2012 No.4242705 File: 80 KB, 375x360, holocene_park.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Soon, we might be able to make real living humans from DNA. Imagine it, Holocene Park, where the present comes to life!

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 11:10:37 2012 No.4242708 >>4242705 That's a very specific joke. It makes me wonder how long you've had that under your hat...

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 11:12:53 2012 No.4242713 >>4242708 All of five seconds between reading the OP and posting the joke. I was rather surprised that someone had already made a "holocene park" picture and sells it as stickers and t-shirts.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 11:16:17 2012 No.4242718 >>4242713 At any rate, I can't wait for the explosions in discoveries with the ability to decode hundreds of thousands of genomes with relative ease.

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