Here is a human being : at the dawn of personal genomics /

Here is a human being : at the dawn of personal genomics /

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Author / Creator:	Angrist, Misha.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Harper, c2010.
Description:	341 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Personal Genome Project. Personal Genome Project. Human genome -- Databases.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8309810

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ISBN:	9780061628337 (hardback) 0061628336 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Misha Angrist, who has a PhD in genetics and an MFA, brings us the first, inside story of the Personal Genome Project, its larger-than-life research subjects, as well as the political, social, and ethical issues that emerged throughout the study"--

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Summary:	Here is a Human Being delivers the first in-depth look at the Personal Genome Project--the effort to construct complete genomic maps of a specific human beings--written by one of the study's ten human participants. Misha Angrist recounts the project's fascinating nuances, including the larger-than-life personalities of the research subjects, the entrepreneurial scientists at the helm, the bewildered and overwhelmed physicians and regulators who negotiated for it, the fascinating technology it employed, and the political, social, ethical and familial issues it continues to raise. In the vein of James Shreeve's The Genome War , Craig J. Ventner's My Life Decoded , and Francis J. Collins' The Language of Life , Angrist's informed exploration of this cutting-edge science is a gripping look at the present and future of genomics. </p>
Physical Description:	341 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780061628337 0061628336