Photo: New Genome Tech May Pave Way for Personalized Meds



Jonathan Rothberg hands Nobel Prize-winning geneticist James D. Watson his complete personal genome on a computer disk in an undated photo.

Rothberg led a team of scientists that sequenced Watson's genome using a next-generation method that they say is cheaper and faster than older techniques.

Photograph courtesy Baylor College of Medicine Creative Services


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