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The $1,000 Genome: The Revolution in DNA Sequencing and the New Era of Personalized Medicine Hardcover – September 7, 2010

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In 2000, President Bill Clinton signaled the completion of the Human Genome Project at a cost in excess of $2 billion. A decade later, the price for any of us to order our own personal genome sequence—a comprehensive map of the 3 billion letters in our DNA—is rapidly and inevitably dropping to just $1,000. Dozens of men and women—scientists, entrepreneurs, celebrities, and patients—have already been sequenced, pioneers in a bold new era of personalized genomic medicine. The $1,000 genome has long been considered the tipping point that would open the floodgates to this revolution.

Do you have gene variants associated with Alzheimer’s or diabetes, heart disease or cancer? Which drugs should you consider taking for various diseases, and at what dosage? In the years to come, doctors will likely be able to tackle all of these questions—and many more—by using a computer in their offices to call up your unique genome sequence, which will become as much a part of your medical record as your blood pressure. Indeed, many experts are advocating that all newborns have a complete genome analysis done so that preventive measures and preemptive medicine can begin early in life.

How has this astonishing achievement been accomplished? And what will it mean for our lives? To research the story of this unfolding revolution, critically acclaimed science writer Kevin Davies has spent the past few years traveling to the leading centers and interviewing the entrepreneurs and pioneers in the race to achieve the $1,000 genome. He vividly brings to life the extraordinary drama of this grand scientific achievement, revealing the masterful ingenuity that has transformed the process of decoding DNA and delivering the information it possesses to the public at large.

Davies also profiles the future of genomic medicine and thoughtfully explores the many pressing issues raised by the tidal wave of personal genetic information. Will your privacy be protected? Will you be pressured, by insurance companies or by your employer, to get your genome sequenced? What psychological toll might there be to discovering you are at risk for certain diseases like Alzheimer’s? And will the government or the medical establishment come between you and your genome?

One thing that is not in question is that we are moving swiftly into the personalized medicine era, and The $1,000 Genome is an essential guide to this brave new future.

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Once only a subject for science fiction movies, whole genome sequencing is rapidly becoming a reality for the masses. So, what does this mean for you?... Davies does a commendable job of answering that question.
--The Spittoon (spittoon.23andme.com)

Kevin Davies' The $1,000 Genome deserves to be widely read... It presents a careful and I think entertaining view of the past and possible future of personal genomics. --Keith Robison -- "Omics! Omics" (omicsomics.blogspot.com)

In this informative and accessible work of scientific journalism, Englishman Kevin Davies predicts that personalized genome sequencing will soon become so affordable that it will revolutionize medicine. --Winnipeg Free Press

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Although I've been writing about "the $1,000 genome" since 2002, it was two key events in 2007 that really sparked the concept for this book. The first was the presentation to Jim Watson in May of his digital genome sequence on a portable hard drive -- the first "personal genome" decoded using a new kind of DNA sequencing technology. Although the cost of Watson's genome was about $1 million, that was still a fraction of the $2.3 billion spent on the Human Genome Project.

The second was my first conversation with the co-founder of 23andMe, a pioneering consumer genomics company offering tantalizing personal genomic information at an affordable price (less than $1,000) to the public at large. Since then, tens of thousands of people have sent saliva samples to various consumer genomics firms. In a handful of cases, some recounted in the book, the results are nothing short of life-changing, and possibly life-saving.

Since 2007, the cost of genome sequencing has plummeted at an astonishing rate. Today, anyone can get their genome sequenced for less than $20,000, and that price will inevitably drop to $1,000 in the coming years as new technologies arrive. Imagine getting a full genome scan as easily and routinely as an MRI -- and without the claustrophobia! Even better, imagine a Star Trek Tricorder device reading your complete genetic code in a matter of minutes! That's a very real possibility in the next few years.

The bigger question, however, is whether that is going to make a difference to the health of yourself and your family? Having access to your full genome isn't magically going to reveal whether you're going to develop diabetes, cancer or heart disease, but it is going to become a fundamental part of your medical record. Among the challenges ahead of us discussed in the book: Will our genome data be kept private? Will we be subject to insurance or employment discrimination if we have our DNA sequenced? What can my genome really tell me about my disease risk? Who is going to explain that analysis to me -- not to mention my family doctor?

My intention in The $1,000 Genome isn't necessarily to answer all those questions, but to raise awareness of the rapidly approaching era of genome sequencing and increasingly personalized medicine. The technology will be with us very soon: the medical, legal and health care professions need to start preparing now. As should you!

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Free Press; 1st edition (September 7, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1416569596
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1416569596
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches

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Kevin Davies is a British science journalist and editor. He is currently the executive editor of The CRISPR Journal, based in New York. Kevin studied at Oxford University and moved to the U.S. in 1987 after earning his PhD in genetics. He is the founding editor of the journal Nature Genetics and Bio-IT World magazine, former editor-in-chief of Cell Press, and the first publisher of C&EN, the weekly magazine of the American Chemical Society.

"EDITING HUMANITY" is Kevin's fourth book, and first for Pegasus Books. He published "The $1,000 Genome" in 2010 and "Cracking the Genome," about the race for the Human Genome Project, in 2000. His first book, "Breakthrough," co-authored with the late Michael White, was about the race to identify the "breast cancer gene". That resulted in Kevin serving as technical consultant for the 2013 movie Decoding Annie Parker, starring Helen Hunt, Samantha Morton and Aaron Paul. He's also a co-author with Jim Watson and Andrew Berry of "DNA: The story of the Genetic Revolution" (Knopf, 2017).

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Profiles of Some People in the Sequencing Business

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 12, 2014

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The title of this review would be an alternative suggestion for the book title.

Don't read this looking to find more about sequencing technology or uses. The book has about the technical content of a USA today article.
Here's the full description of the rise of Curagen: "He invented a patented method for studying gene expression by looking up activity patterns in a database, which he dubbed "GeneCalling". Two sentences later the company "had raised some $600 million" and it's "estimated that his major investors each made $100 million". They made money by raising money? Or does the paragraph intend to say that Curagen was *sold* for $600M? Somebody paid $600M for a method of looking up patterns in a database? Really?

This is the book for you if you want descriptions of colorful characters and what they say about each other, reporting on parties and publicity events, anecdotes about genetic defects in the relatives of people involved in the companies, ethical issues in consumer sequencing, and other such human interest flotsam.

Not for you if you'd like to learn what the technology is and what can be done with it.

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Outstanding orientation in the world of genomes

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 14, 2012

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This book describes various developments in gene sequencing and genome analysis over the last decade or so. It is aimed at non biologists who want a broad idea of what is going on in biomedicine. As such it is a great and easily digestable read.

It is not for people who already understand the science.

I work in the sector but in the finance department and it gave me a much better idea of what our science folks are up to. I am delighted with it as that is what I was looking for.

This book heightened my interest in biomedicine and gave me several new topics to which I will return.

I commend it to those with intellectual curiousity and little knowledge of this field.

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Lorien K DeBruyn

Great book, interesting topic!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 8, 2014

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I am enjoying this book immensely. I find the topic interesting and the writing engaging. I would recommend the book.

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Nice work by seller getting the book here early. Impressive

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FDA said the data was not accurate

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Kind of bummed out because I spent a lot of money on test for all my family, only for the FDA to come in, analyze the data that they had from breast cancer, with the data from 23andme.

Also the ancestral reports are incorrect, they need to look at all the chromosomes not just XX and XY. A lot of historical data is missing.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 21, 2017

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Great book on the history of the industry!

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Dominick J. Lemas

A great book for technology enthusiasts!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 15, 2012

Kevin Davie's- The $1000 Genome- was a great read and one that I would recommend to the growing majority of people who want to learn more about DNA technologies that will inform personalized medicine. This book does a good job in balancing the "promise" of genomic medicine with the current limitation and future challenges. Several billion dollars in tax payer $$ have been spent subsequent to the 2.7 billion dollars and 13 years that were required for the Human Genome Project. This book attempt to connect genomic buzzwords with fact and tease out the technologies that are likely to make the $1000 genome a reality.

I am a graduate student currently working in the area of genomics and a bit too young to appreciate the nuanced perspective surrounding sequencing technologies. The $1000 Genome was a great primer and a quick update on the people and institutions that ushered in this exciting new age in medicine. This book does a good job in bringing historical context to important genetic discoveries, by people including Mary Claire King and BRCA1 in 1990 and Jeffery Friedmann with the Leptin gene in 1994, without going overboard. The discussion on the biotech companies and "recreational genomics" were particularly interesting --> how google.com help launch 23andme and 454 Life Science sequenced Jim Watson in 2007. Overall, I think this book would resonate with people who are generally interested in the potential of DNA technologies to inform medicine that do not want to dredge through 20 years of commentary. It is not overly technical and it is written from a journalistic perspective that has bits of humor and interesting factoids spread throughout.

As other reviewer's have mentioned, the vast majority of what makes this book exciting is based on companies that are still in business and technologies that are still innovative . . if you are interested in reading this book, you would be wise to read it sooner rather than later!

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Fascinating

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A really great read if you are informed enough. Some of the lingo may go over the lay readers head. Otherwise this was a really well written book on where things are headed.

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The $1,000 Genome

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I haven't read this yet, but I'm sure I will enjoy it as subject is fascinating.
I've said what I want to so this sentence is to make you happy with 20 words!

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Interessantes Buch!

Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on March 2, 2019

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Kant

nice book

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on September 13, 2016

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Excellent book. Must read for all bio enthusiasts. Ok for common readers too.

TeoS

Nice story about direct to costumer personal genomics

Reviewed in France 🇫🇷 on December 14, 2012

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Very well written; very interesting especially for those in the field of human genomic/next generation sequencing/personalized medicine via human genetics

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