A New DNA Sequencing Machine Can Sequence One Person’s DNA for $1,000

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Andrew Pollack, A Genetic Entrepreneur Sets His Sights on Aging and Death; A for-profit venture that will focus on how people can live longer and healthier lives.
www.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/busin ... dna-sequencing.html

Quote:

"On Tuesday [Mar 4], Dr Craig Venter [PhD, whose companies are based in San Diego] announced that he was starting a new company, Human Longevity * * * To do that [longevity, SOMEHOW through his new company] , the company will build what Dr Venter says will be the largest human DNA sequencing operation in the world, capable of processing 40,000 human genomes a year [initially]. * * * Dr. Venter said his company hoped to increase its capacity to 100,000 genomes a year. But even at $1,000 per genome, that would mean the company would be spending $100 million a year just on sequencing, not counting all the other studies it wants to do.

"Illumina [is] the dominant manufacturer of DNA sequencing machines * * * Human Longevity has ordered two of Illumina’s new top-of-the-line HiSeq X Ten systems, each of which has a list price of $10 million. * * * Illumina says that with its new X Ten system, the cost to sequence one human genome will be below $1,000.

My comment:
(a) There is no need to read the rest, particularly if you are not a biologist. My sense is that Venter, who has a big ego, always dreams big. How he--or we--can achieves longevity through sequencing is unclear.
(b) Illumina (company)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illumina_(company)
(Founded 1998; Headquarters San Diego; As of May 2011, Illumina reduced the price to $4,000 [of whole genome sequencing, or all DNA sequence, of a single person])
(c) BGI 华大基因 of Guangzhou will need to buy the new machines, I guess.