The same market forces that made computers cheaper and faster are influencing the cost of gene mapping. The team at Complete Genomics is using expertise from computer networking experience to build machines that can do genetic sequencing more quickly and more affordably. Complete Genomics is in the race to push the cost of sequencing an entire human genome below $1,000.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that another effect of overuse of antibiotics is the higher levels of death from Clostridium difficile infections (CDI). The CDC says that more than 14,000 deaths every year are linked to C. difficile-associated diarrhea and that the best way to lower these numbers is better use of antibiotics.
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