spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/devices/the-gene-machine-and-me

"To decode the first human genome, a milestone completed 10 years ago, armies of researchers labored for more than a decade and spent more than US $3 billion. Working with Rothberg’s newest machine, a technician will soon be able to decipher a human genome in a few hours, and at the bargain-basement price of $1000."

"Rothberg’s newest product is a sleek machine called the Ion Proton System, which is just a little bigger than a fancy office printer. With just three disposable chips and a few hours of time, that machine can make sense of the genome of a human being, identifying each of the 3 billion molecules that make up a person’s DNA. Ion Torrent’s current top-of-the-line production chip isn’t much by semiconductor-industry standards—it’s got a measly 400 million transistors. But by tapping into the existing supply chain for microchip manufacturing, Rothberg has already improved his chips nearly a thousandfold, and he’s not finished. Ion Torrent plans to ride Moore’s Law as far as it will go."

"Rothberg wants to be very clear about what all this means to medicine. “Look at the things that have added to life expectancy,” he says during our first meeting. “It’s clean water—that was the single biggest health improvement. Next came the antibiotics, next probably imaging, whether it’s X-ray or MRI or CAT scan.” He flashes a cocky smile. “I do believe that genome sequencing will have as profound an effect on medicine as clean water, antibiotics, and imaging.”"

Thanks for the warning, Panchito. I have been wondering when a one-stop "answer" to all gene related questions would be devised by someone.

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With just three disposable chips and a few hours of time, that machine can make sense of the genome of a human being, identifying each of the 3 billion molecules that make up a person’s DNA.

It's not that simple!

I think some genes change through our life. They are not static. They could be like a picture of whats going on at the scan time. cheap scans could create easy speculation about health and a piramid of cheap experts like the tarot

I'll take my chances with the $10 fortune teller a couple miles away

and this is just one example of how food choice or lifestyle changes genes.

[www.sciencedaily.com]

There are 60+ billion cells. I think ~25 million cells die each day and new ones are 'born' from genes