Virginia and Frances are excited to discuss this week’s today in science: next-generation sequencing! Frances takes us through the history of DNA sequencing, and discusses some cool applications of NGS to biological research, including the human microbiome project. Virginia tackles some great applications of NGS in medicine, and opens up an ethical discussion about sequencing data in the age of personalized medicine. 

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