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- mistarOblivion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3You have no idea what you are talking about. The advancements in DNA sequencing that have occurred only in the past 10 years have allowed the Human Genome as well as those of countless other species to be sequenced. It is because of these advancements that hundreds of new drugs are in the works. If it takes a decade or so for any resulting drugs to come to market, its because of FDA regulations that slow the pipeline.
- bmobile, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4wow this is very cool. wonder how long it'll take to trickle down to the masses?
- Orbatos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Their breakthrough is really just an actual product implementation, typical marketing, but the product itself seems sound. It is encouraging that the type of system in this press release is so available, though dissapointingly typical (for scientific medical implementations) in it's proprietary design.
It seem to me these identification technogies have reached the point that more generic hardware coupled with an oss software design should be capable of at least similar accuracy, if not better, and at a much lower cost since unique hardware is uneeded for this type of medical analysis. - Lostcosmos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Excellent demo here: http://www.454.com/flash/roche-gene.asp
- Glyphin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I agreed on the "is really just an actual product implementation, typical marketing" point.
I disagree on the generic hardware + OSS point, though. Not because you couldn't do it but because I think patents do have a place in the hardware realm. Invention of such devices costs serious money and the investors for a machine like this typically wait about 10 years between concept phase and pay off. They've earned their cut, IMO - vegasbright, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3This is a press release, not a breakthrough.
- handeyman, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2it will never trickle down to the masses in our life time
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