> which started at Washington University in St. Louis, home of the Human Genome Project
While Wash U was a contributor, I am confused about why you call it the home of the Human Genome Project. The Project seems a lot more strongly linked to the Whitehead/MIT in terms of press and the site of key figures.
Together, these teams have achieved a very significant cost reduction: the link I shared cites a sub-$1K cost to sequence a genome today; a cost savings of millions of dollars per genome.
While Wash U was a contributor, I am confused about why you call it the home of the Human Genome Project. The Project seems a lot more strongly linked to the Whitehead/MIT in terms of press and the site of key figures.