messiness. Ezra Angrist and Michele Penner gave of themselves, their children Jordan and Jesse, and their stories. My parents, Sarah and Stan, in addition to sharing their genomes with me and with my brothers, told me about our family history and never wavered in their support. Bill Rebeck put me up and put up with me for many nights in Washington, D.C. I will have to find other excuses to visit and annoy him.
And to Ann and to the best things ever connected to my genome, Stella and Lena: thank you, girls. Again.
About the Author
MISHA ANGRIST is an assistant professor at the Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy. His doctoral and postdoctoral work was in human genetics, and he was formerly a boardeligible genetic counselor. He received an MFA in writing and literature from the Bennington Writing Seminars, and his fiction and nonfiction have appeared in numerous literary journals. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, with his wife and two daughters.
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Copyright
HERE is A HUMAN BEING . Copyright © 2010 by Misha Angrist.
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EPub Edition © OCTOBER 2010 ISBN: 978-0-062-01046-9
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Angrist, Misha.
Here is a human being: at the dawn of personal genomics / Misha Angrist.
p. cm.
Summary: “Misha Angrist, who has a Ph.D. 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"—Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978-0-06-162833-7 (hardback)
1. Personal Genome Project. 2. Human genome—Databases. I. Title.
QH447.A54 2010
611'.0181663—dc22
2010009063
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