Personal Genome Project

Bestselling author and journalist David Ewing Duncan has taken the ultimate high-tech examination in his latest book, building on award-winning articles he wrote for Wired and National Geographic, in which he was tested for millions of genetic markers, and hundreds of chemical toxins. Expanding on these tests, he examines his genes, environment, brain, and body, exploring what they reveal about his future health, beliefs, and behavior, as well as the profound impact of this self-knowledge on what it means to be human. Duncan, who is Director of the Center for Life Science Policy at UC Berkeley, also explores issues and policy questions swirling around the advent of personalized medicine.

David Ewing Duncan, Contributing Editor and Columnist, Conde Nast Portfolio; Chief Correspondent, public radio's "Biotech Nation"; Commentator, NPR's "Morning Edition"; Director, UC Berkeley Center for Life Science Policy; Author, Experimental Man: What One Man's Body Reveals about His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World. See, Experimental Man Project Online