My Beautiful Genome: Discovering Our Genetic Future, One Quirk at a Time

摘要

As consumer-led genomics ramps up, questions of ethics and efficacy proliferate. Neurobiologist Lone Frank looks at how exposing our DNA affects our lives. Having interviewed James Watson and covered the rise of personal genomics from 2008, Frank puts her own genes to the test. She charts the range of applications - deep ancestry, disease, behaviour and personality, mental illness and partner compatibility - and concludes that, far from being a straitjacket, unveiling our'invisible self liberates, connects and reassures.