The initial goal of the Human Genome Project was to find, map and sequence all of the genes within the human genome.  Since the completion of the initial draft back in 2000, the White House predicted that this would lead to a new era of molecular medicine, bringing new ways to prevent, diagnose, treat and cure disease.

It has been amazing to see what we have learned since then, but even more interesting to think of where this could go in the future.  Hopefully soon we will be able to apply this on a more individual basis, with people being able to More >