Genetic Information Will Be Affordable For All Very Soon
Genetic information will be available to most people in the developed world within 10 years, allowing better treatment and safer prescription of drugs. Francis Collins, director of the US National Institutes of Health, believes mass genome sequencing of individuals would soon be possible at a cost of less than $1,000 per person (670). Will that become the moment when it becomes compelling to do it for everyone?
Dr Collins told the newspaper: Certainly within ten years I will be very surprised and very disappointed if most people in the developed world will not have their genomes sequenced as part of their medical record, and I would hope it will come even sooner. The cost of sequencing is dropping … and I cant believe it wont drop to less than $1,000 within five years. Will that become the moment when it becomes compelling to do it for everyone?”
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