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In the Genome Race, the Sequel Is Personal
The race to decode the human genome may not be entirely over: the loser has come up with a new approach that may let him prevail in the end ...

 

This Human's Life, Decoded
The full human DNA sequence of one healthy middle-aged man is a boggling array of genetic quirks, burps and hiccups: There are seven billion more humans to go ...

 

Mapping own DNA changes scientist's life
Biologist-entrepreneur J. Craig Venter is part of a new kind of scientific explorer whose uncharted territory was his own genes ...

Scientist maps his own DNA (video)
Dr. Sanjay Gupta profiles a biologist who has published most of his own personal genetic code.