Stanford professor sequences his own DNA

August 11, 2009

Twenty years ago, when the government began the Human Genome Initiative, researchers believed it would take 10 years, $3 billion and thousands of scientists to determine the sequence of the 3 billion individual deoxyribonucleic acid bases that constitute a single individual’s genetic complement or genome. That estimate proved to be conservative. A complete sequence was not announced until 2003 and the total cost is still unclear. (Los Angeles Times)