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Illumina already sells a $1,000-genome machine. By the way, what's happened with the ambitious SV-based Halcyon Molecular, which was supposed to deliver a $100-genome sequencer?

P.S. Halcyon has shut down 2 years ago [1].

[1] https://gigaom.com/2012/08/19/halcyon-molecular-quietly-shut...

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Actually, Illumina's $1000-genome machine is 10 machines, and the way you get the $1000 genome cost is by running around 18000 samples thru in a year.... And when the bioinformatics folks talk about a '$1000 genome', they actually mean the cost of reagents.

This is what I meant [1]. It seems that only a few Australian companies do this for external parties for about $1,500/genome. I'm tired of waiting for the price to get down and to be offered publicly - is it possible to do personal sequencing somewhere in the US below $2,000? Is there another way? I don't mind donating my genome if there are ways to get this cheaper (or free) and do more if necessary.

[1] http://systems.illumina.com/systems/hiseq-x-sequencing-syste...

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