Wait for real impact of human genome project

While the human genome project has been a significant development in the biotechnology sector, it will be 10 years before it has real impact , according Colin Riddles, smaller companies fund manager at HSBC. He says: "The project is the current big issue and will create new earning streams, which is good news." At present there is only a limited amount of money to be made, as a minimal number of companies are using the project and only a handful of companies in the UK are involved in genomics, Riddles says. In the longer term this could be seen as a window of opportunity as there is room...