We may be capable of sequencing DNA cheaply enough for the average consumer, but what's the point? Issues like the missing heritability problem and an incomplete understanding of protein folding show we lack a full comprehension of the information DNA tells us. Cancer-killing bacteriophages are still years from being relevant as a treatment for the general public.
The Human Genome Project has yet to provide substantial medical advances. Genetic sequencing only seems useful to look for diseases with an explicit genetic link like Huntington's, and many people aren't going to want to know they have diseases like that. Otherwise genetic sequencing seems as useful as a full-body scan.
The Human Genome Project has yet to provide substantial medical advances. Genetic sequencing only seems useful to look for diseases with an explicit genetic link like Huntington's, and many people aren't going to want to know they have diseases like that. Otherwise genetic sequencing seems as useful as a full-body scan.