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MAG REVEALS RESULTS OF FIRST-EVER DNA TEST FOR A HEALTHY HUMAN
Within a couple of years, according to genetic experts, we will be able to
decode our DNA and learn about our medical future -- what will make us sick, and
how we might die. How will this information alter our lives? At the end of
the day do we need to really know every detail about our own genetic secrets?
In an exclusive report for WIRED magazine, contributing editor David Ewing
Duncan offers a personal journey into this perplexing, controversial issue by
becoming the first healthy human ever to be screened for the full gamut of
genetic-disease markers such as cancer, cardiac disease, deafness, Alzheimer's,
and schizophrenia.
With a simple swab inside his cheek to extract cells, Duncan gives up his DNA to
leading edge biotech companies, like Sequenom, to run through the latest
gene-mapping technology, hoping to discover whether or not a nucleic time bomb
is ticking inside his chromosomes. In his scientific quest, he ponders the
history of his family, the fate of his life and especially the lives of his
children.
Developing...
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