Computational Biology: Revealing the Secrets of DNA

Authors

Yağmur Bingül, University of Richmond

Abstract

Science is exponentially growing. It gets millions of times better than its previous self each year. In 2000, when we published the first draft of the complete human genome to develop new ways to treat, cure, or even prevent the thousands of diseases that afflict humankind, it cost 3 billion dollars. Six years later, in 2006, it cost only $14 million to generate a “complete” human genome, to find out every single gene in the human DNA. And now, we can develop a complete human genome for only $1,500 - $4000.

Recommended Citation

Bingül, Yağmur (2021) "Computational Biology: Revealing the Secrets of DNA," Osmosis Magazine: Vol. 2021: Iss. 1, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholarship.richmond.edu/osmosis/vol2021/iss1/4