The cost of genome sequencing is going down all the time. ‘Biohacking’ and related endeavors have kind of been brewing with the occasional press here and there for years.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-transhumanist-philosopher/201407/interview-transhumanist-biohacker-rich-lee
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/pocket-sized-dna-reader-used-to-scan-entire-human-genome-sequence/
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/the-odin-diy-crispr-kit/
Right now it’s at the “look at these wacky nerds” and mainstream-fear stage, which means it’s probably not a maximally efficient ‘market’ yet.
The cost of genome sequencing is going down all the time. ‘Biohacking’ and related endeavors have kind of been brewing with the occasional press here and there for years.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-transhumanist-philosopher/201407/interview-transhumanist-biohacker-rich-lee
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/pocket-sized-dna-reader-used-to-scan-entire-human-genome-sequence/
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/the-odin-diy-crispr-kit/
Right now it’s at the “look at these wacky nerds” and mainstream-fear stage, which means it’s probably not a maximally efficient ‘market’ yet.