It took 15 years to produce one human genome sequence. In the following four years, two more human genomes were sequenced. This included the genome of James Watson, the first Director of the Human Genome Project and one of the scientists who shared the Nobel Prize in 1962 for Physiology or Medicine for identifying the double helix structure of DNA. Yourgenome.org presents a short video of James Watson talking about his experience of having his genome sequenced.
In the next two or three years, tens of thousands of people will have their genomes sequenced as part of research projects. In the future, personal genome sequencing may well become more common.
