NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 19: Reserach technicians prepare DNA samples to be sequenced in the production lab of the New York Genome Center on September 19, 2013 in New York City. The Center, which is already operating with a staff of 51 people, aims to sequence and analyze DNA for academic and commericial purposes; the Center hopes to have a staff of 500 people within five years. The institute's founding members include Columbia University, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, The Rockefller University and New York University, amongst others. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
