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Welcome to the body-wide web

Nature Biotechnology volume 24, pages 282–283 (2006)Cite this article

The coming deluge of personalized data will likely transform our health for the better. But will it also transform the way we live our lives?

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  1. David Shenk is the author of four books, and a contributor to National Geographic, Harper's, National Public Radio, The New Yorker, The New Republic, Wired and The American Scholar dshenk@yahoo.com

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Shenk, D. Welcome to the body-wide web. Nat Biotechnol 24, 282–283 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0306-282

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