Startup Offers To Sequence Your Genome Free Of Charge, Then Let You Profit From It

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November 19, 2018
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A startup genetics company says it’s now offering to sequence your entire genome at no cost to you. In fact, you would own the data and may even be able to make money off it.

Nebula Genomics, created by the prominent Harvard geneticist George Church and his lab colleagues, seeks to upend the usual way genomic information is owned.

HARRIS: But Stanford Law professor Hank Greely says don’t get your hopes up either for major health revelations or cash flow from Nebula and other companies promoting similar ideas.

HANK GREELY: I think anybody who expects to make money more than pocket change out of his or her genome is in for a bad surprise. But the idea of having more control over who uses your genome I think is a good one and should be explored.

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