Medical Futurist July 1, 2021
The Human Genome Project, an international scientific cooperation on discovering the human genome, began in 1990. The goal of the undertaking was to identify the DNA sequence of the entire human genome. I was a medical student when the completion of the Human Genome Project was announced in 2003. I assumed, just like everyone else in the medical community, that this would change everything.
Two decades have passed since then. And although the scientific progress is still outstanding, genetic testing did not become the new norm in healthcare. I want to know why.
I’ve had my genome and microbiome sequenced. I have also tested and reviewed over six types of direct-to-consumer genetic tests to experience what patients would go through...
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