The first-ever sequencing of the human genome cost $2.7 billion. Today, the service 23andMe offers personal genome sequencing for less than $200. And for students enrolled in Cornell’s personal ...
IOWA CITY, Iowa— Bakir Hajdarevic didn’t have to study for the most important test in a class last fall. He just had to spit – a lot. The 19-year-old freshman at the University of Iowa took an honors ...
Kim Finkelstein recently asked her mother for help with her biology homework. It wasn’t to be. “She said they didn’t have DNA [studies] in school, and she couldn’t help me,” lamented the freshman at ...