Professor Quake said, It's important to recognise that not everyone will want to know the intimate details of their genome, and it's entirely possible that this group will be the majority. There are many ethical, educational and policy questions that need to be addressed going forward."

These fears were already being echoed by Nilesh Samani, of the department of cardiovascular sciences at the University of Leicester. "We need to think carefully about whether we need laws to prevent genetic information from getting into the wrong hands." said Mr Samani.

For those who feel that genome sequencing is the ultimate answer to individualized attention, there may be some thing more to consider. Muin Khoury, director of the National Office of Public Health Genomics at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that The current information is incomplete, uncertain, potentially misleading and could lead to unnecessary procedures. The relationships between our genome and most health and disease indicators are so far unknown or  not validated