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PBS has an 8-minute video that explains many of the ethical issues that will accompany readily-available personal genome sequences. EXCERPT
When researchers first mapped the human genome, it took almost 10 years and cost $3 billion. Today the process takes three weeks, and the price tag is rapidly approaching $1,000. We visit the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and talk to doctors and parents about the ethics of sequencing human genomes, especially for children with genetic defects.SOURCE
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2013/08/09/january-25-2013-1000-dollar-genome/14569/
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