New DNA reader could bring genetics to medical clinics After years of predictions that the "$1,000 genome" - a read-out of a person's complete genetic information for about the cost of a dental crown ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases we know. It commonly impacts the lungs, but can also affect other areas of the body like the spine, brain or kidneys.

But because it found 2.6 million DNA misspellings and 752 other genetic glitches, says Greely, "it took a few hundred thousand dollars worth of labor from Ph.D. students and faculty working 4,000 to 5 ...