﻿Illumina CEO , bio Craig Venter , and a South African genome insurer are planning to acquire the genes of any patient for $ 250 . They aim to make a huge database for DNA and medical genetics by 2019 through examining 100 million genomes in their DNA sequencing database , the largest in the world . Venter 's company claims it has formed an alliance with the South African genome consortium , in an attempt to partially decode the genomes of its clients .
﻿Illumina CEO, ﻿﻿J. Craig Venter, and a South African health insurer are planning to sequence the genes of any patient for $250. They aim to make a huge database for DNA and medical records by 2019 through examining one million genomes in their DNA sequencing lab, the largest in the world. Venter's company claims it has formed an alliance with the South African insurer Discovery, in an attempt to partially decode the genomes of its clients.