A broadcast from ABC Nightlife radio:
"Imagine seeing a doctor, and in addition to them taking your blood pressure and looking down your throat, they also took a sample of your DNA and used it to prescribe the perfect treatment made just for you. This was a vision of the future inspired by The Human Genome Project, the massive international project to develop the first map of the entire human genome.
It's now 20 years since that project officially ended. What has it really revealed about the role that our DNA plays in lives and our health? And what are the mysteries still waiting to be uncovered?
Suzanne Hill spoke with Professor Joseph Powell, the Director of Cellular Science at the Garvan Institute and the Director of the UNSW Cellular Genomics Futures Institute, and Associate Professor Vanessa Tyrell, Program Director of the Zero Childhood Cancer and Co-Head of Personalized Medicine at the Children's Cancer Institute"