Some powerful new drugs have been developed for some cancers; genetic tests can predict whether people with breast cancer need chemotherapy; the major risk factors of macular degeneration [an eye disease] have been identified; and drug response can be predicted for more than a dozen drugs. But it is fair to say that the Human Genome Project has not yet directly affected the health care of most individuals. said Collins.

His long time competitor on the Genome Project, US bio entrepreneur Craig Venter asks people to have more patience. Craig Venter says The genome revolution is only just beginning. For one thing, the cost of cracking - "sequencing" - a genome has fallen astonishingly, by 14,000 times between 1999 and 2009.

The Human Genome Project (HGP) was funded with three billion dollars, or roughly a dollar for every base pair, or rung in the genetic ladder, and took 10 years to produce the rough draft, which was followed by a "polished" version in 2003. said Venter.

Why is the genome project not yielding results faster? Although a veritable treasure of information and data on the human genome is now available, scientists are yet to make sense of all the data. There is a large amount of information which needs to be sorted and experimented on before actual results can be seen in application of medical treatment.