Thousands of NHS patients are going to have their all their genes decoded, which is almost 10 years after the first human genome series was published.

Researchers from the Royal Brompton Hospital are to evaluate blood samples from 10,000 patients over the subsequent decade. Sequencing each and every person's genes will disclose the number of genetic factors that are real contributors of heart disease.

Transferred from our parents, genes are coils of DNA that act as the body's training manual, instructing it how to work and determining features such as eye and hair color. Errors in our genes can make us more vulnerable to disease.

The study will take a direct look at the exome which is the segment of DNA that contains a person's 22,000 genes. The exome only is a representation of one per cent of the genome but has major key information for diagnosing innate disease. Doctors expect that genetic mapping will lead to more precise diagnoses as well as more personalized and efficient treatments in the approaching time.

The Royal Brompton, which specializes in treating heart and lung conditions, will make use of the Next Generation Genetic Sequencer for the striving project.

This refined lab operates 200,000 times quicker and is 10,000 times affordable than the systems used 10 years back when the genome was first sequenced.