The $6400 question as retail genome sequencing launches in Australia

With a pricetag of $6400, whole genome sequencing is now being offered to the Australian public by the Garvan Institute’s Genome.One lab in Sydney.

The private clinic has launched a commercial service that claims to provide genetic insights to a person’s responses to 220 medications and future risk of developing 31 types of cancer and 13 heart conditions.

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