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    Precision Medicine Costs a Fortune but Could Save Money Later On

    Expert Michael Caligiuri on who's going to make money on the coming cancer treatments
    by Michael Caligiuri Jul 26, 2019 2 minutes
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    FE_Cancer_Sidebar_Michael Caligiuri

    Scientists decoded the DNA of the first human genome in 2003 after a 13-year process that cost $2.6 billion. Today, we can "sequence" the genome of a cancerous tumor in a day for $1,500 to $3,000.

    Decoding the genome may be affordable, but the cost of understanding

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