Personal genome

In a laboratory behind the Science Center, researchers are working on a high-stakes project at the nexus of physics and biology. If all goes according to plan—admittedly a big if, when treading terrain this new—the project could yield within a few months’ time a way to map a complete human genome in less than 24 hours, for a price in the hundreds or thousands, rather than millions, of dollars. The research, led by Rumford professor of physics Jene Golovchenko and Higgins professor of biology emeritus Daniel Branton, has immediate implications for preventing and curing disease.

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