The Future Is Now: Sequence All Your Genes For $999
Call it a dramatic sign of how far the field of genetics has come: Google-backed startup 23andMe is now offering consumers the ability to get their genes sequenced for $999. You can see the offer here, at least for a select few who will be selected on a first-come, first-serve basis. A quick note on terminology: a genome is all of the genetic information on your DNA. An exome is only those bits of DNA code that are known to be recipes for proteins, the functional building blocks and workhorses of the body. The rest of the genome may be important, but information is likely to be sparser. Right now, the exome is what we know about.