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Misha Angrist is Assistant Professor of the Practice at the Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy. In April 2007 he became the fourth subject in the Personal Genome Project. In 2009 he had his full genome sequenced and made it public. His book, Here is a Human Being: At the Dawn of Personal Genomics (2010) is published by HarperCollins. " ...more

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Here Is a Human Being: At the Dawn of Personal Genomics – Genome Sequencing, Medical Research, and Privacy Under Siege

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“For most of the last thirty years the judicial system has been fairly consistent: once they leave your body, you do not own your tissue, organs, or bodily fluids or any of the revenue they might generate for a biotech company, a university, or anyone else.”
― Misha Angrist, Here Is a Human Being: At the Dawn of Personal Genomics – Genome Sequencing, Medical Research, and Privacy Under Siege

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“Although he’s told the story many times, with a faint smile Maxey described the process of masturbating into a cup while behind the wheel of a moving automobile as “risky and fairly difficult to do.”22 And you thought texting was dangerous.”
― Misha Angrist, Here Is a Human Being: At the Dawn of Personal Genomics – Genome Sequencing, Medical Research, and Privacy Under Siege

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message 2: by Ruth

Nov 09, 2011 10:42AM

And here's Django Haskins of Old Ceremony singing the song he wrote about Here Is a Human Being, Star by Star:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=...

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message 1: by Ruth

Nov 08, 2011 08:49AM

Here's @sciencegoddess' (Dr. Joanne Manaster's) video review of Here is a Human Being: http://ow.ly/7mMYk (starts at 2:42).

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