[devereaux]

I'd certainly buy your services!

How would it be in practice? I tell you which genes I want sequenced and pay, you send me the vial for a cheek swab, then a month later you mail me an encrypted file?

If you had been on the market last year, I'd already have asked you to do 2 genes!

[rfc]

It would likely be very similar to our existing service. We send a swab kit, you send back, we group it with other consumers, sequence, then send data back through some encrypted way.

We'd likely offer 3 kits out of the gate that are specific to certain areas of interest (cancer, inherited disease, etc.). Over time, we could expand this but I'd do this as just sort of a proof point.

In theory, we could create a custom targeted kit for any gene(s) but it's usually cost prohibitive since you generally order in batches of 24 samples.

The hardest part would be getting enough samples from different consumers to make the runs cost effective. We'd likely need at least 20-30 samples before we could run, so need to think through the logistics there.

[devereaux]

I am less likely to need a specific gene you sell (cf your list: cancer, inherited disease -uh thanks but no thanks) vs a few genes of interest that may not interest other people. You may want to adjust the price and the service accordingly, for "one shots".

Actually, if you can start selling service soon, get in touch. There are 2 phenotype genes we'd still want sequenced this year.

We just want the raw sequence of the maternal and paternal alleles. No nonense, no counseling or whatever - just the full raw data.

It's the perfect opportunity to get your first customers and open minded guinea pigs :-)