Jeffery Schloss , director of Genome ##try at the National genome Genome Research Institute , has estimated that the cost of sequencing a human genome might cost $ 1,000 " within less than a year " . Current costs range from $ 1,600 to $ 1,800 , the lowering in price would allow genome sequencing to be used as a routine diagnostic tool in medical centres .
Jeffery Schloss, director of Genome Sciences at the National Human Genome Research Institute, has estimated that the cost of sequencing a human genome should cost $1,000 "within less than a year". Current costs range from $1,600 to $1,800, the lowering in price would allow genome sequencing to be used as a routine diagnostic tool in medical centres.