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Burn your genes on CD -- for $500,000

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the put-that-on-gnutella dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Venter says he plans to offer the service, with the goal of burning individual human's entire DNA sequences onto shiny compact discs. It will cost about $500,000 per person, says the entrepreneurial scientist who helped decode the human genome. "

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  1. how big is the entire genome? by gl4ss · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    like, is it 1 cd(i find it hard to believe, but not that hard) or 30? 1000?

    now, what if you did that and then released it as a record.. and then sue everyone who had similar genes.. like, all who are blonde or redheaded..

    (yeah stupid but i'm a b**ch

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