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The Boston Sunday Globe Magazine profile this week is of George Church. George wants to dramatically scale down the technology—from a national effort on the order of a moon landing to something as routine as a cholesterol check. Church's goal: to be able to decode an individual's DNA for about the cost of a personal computer, $1,000. And to do it by 2008. I hope he can do so. One more piece of info to help make life better. Read the full article!