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by davidhyde 2122 days ago
That number is just a little bit of sensationalist journalism, intentional or not. It is reasonable to assume that this is a very manual process right now so that things can be changed easily. Dna sequencing cost $2.4m in the early 90s using the Sanger Sequencing method but today it costs $100 (using a different but as accurate method) because of automation. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_sequencing