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Illumina's HiSeq 2000 running at capacity can sequence two whole human genomes per week at 30x coverage - enough for a full-blown whole genome analysis. One instrument produces 104 human genomes per year. Beijing Genomics Institute alone has purchased 128 of these instruments. The Broad has 51. And based on Illumina's 2010 Q1 10-Q filing, they've ...

Good to see reasonably positive/researched/balanced reporting on genomics in a mainstream publication: http://www.economist.com/node/16349358?story_id=16349358.  I believe that the public getting educated/excited about genomics-driven personalized medicine will accelerate the genomics "arc to clinical" -- a good thing, I think, for the life science community and the public at large. Some excerpts: ... the science of biology is ...