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Billions of dollars have been put into genetic research.

There is a long history of how DNA sequencing can bring certainty to people's lives.

Gene therapy technology is much like computing technology. We had to build the super computer which cost $8 million in 1960. Now everyone has technologies that work predictably and at a cost the average person can afford.

Genome design is going to be a key part of the future. That's why we need fast, cheap, accurate DNA synthesis, so you can make a lot of iterations of something and test them.

Like the early days of the Internet, the dawn of personal genomics promises benefits and pitfalls that no one can foresee.

There have been lots of stories written about all the hype over getting the genome done and the letdown of not discovering lots of cures right after.

Even if we never cure a single disease, the Human Genome Project and other ventures will have been worth it.

We recognized in 1996 that, with progress in the field of genetics accelerating at a breathtaking pace, we need to ensure that advances in treatment and prevention of disease do not constitute a new basis for discrimination.

An important finding is that by determining the genome sequences of an entire family, one can identify many DNA sequencing errors and thus greatly increase the accuracy of the data. This will ultimately help us understand the role of genetic variations in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

We need 10,000 genomes, not 100, to start to understand the link between genetics, disease and wellness.