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The article discusses the highlights of the Human Variome Project (HVP) meeting held in Melbourne, Victoria from June 20 to 23, 2006. Representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as well as researchers, clinicians and funding resource representatives attended the event. A discussion on the collection of experimental results on DNA variation to disease and their placement in the HVP database was given.

The author offers insights on the Human Variome Project (HVP) launched in Melbourne, Victoria in June 2006. He cites that the project was aimed at collecting and curating all genetic variation, its phenotype and associated disease. He notes that the initiative would be beneficial for other projects that seek to sequence individuals for disease prediction. He mentions other efforts to collect genetic data, such as that of the International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours and Genomic Disorders Research Centre.