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The Cost to Sequence a Human Genome (2001-2024)

The Human Genome Project cost $2.7 billion and took 13 years. Today a human genome costs a few hundred dollars and a day. Plotted against Moore's Law on one log curve, sequencing didn't just keep pace with computing - it left it behind.

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Data sources & references

01NHGRI — DNA Sequencing Costs: Data
02NHGRI — The Cost of Sequencing a Human Genome
03Our World in Data — Cost of sequencing a full human genome (CC BY)
04Illumina — press releases (HiSeq X Ten, NovaSeq X)