We’ve discovered millions of genetic variants that were previously not known across samples of thousands of individuals whose genomes have already been sequenced. We will have to wait until future work to learn more about their associations with disease, but a big focus of work now will be on trying to discover new genetic variations that were previously uncharacterized.”

Rajiv McCoy, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, on the potential impact of fully sequencing the human genome.

TIME, March 31, 2022