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Personal genomes: A disruptive personality, disrupted

Eric Schadt revels in making people uncomfortable with his science. Bryn Nelson reports how the bioinformatics rabble-rouser hopes to charge ahead in the face of his company's disintegration.

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See Editorial, page 1 , and News Feature, page 18 Bryn Nelson is a freelance science writer based in Seattle, Washington.

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Nelson, B. Personal genomes: A disruptive personality, disrupted. Nature 456, 26–28 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/456026a

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