"The Human Genome Project completed sequencing the entire human genetic code in 2003, two years ahead of schedule. That brisk pace has characterized the private genomics industry as well, with prices for personal sequencing dropping from tens of thousands to only hundreds of dollars in less than a decade. Through this collection of articles, readers will recognize how DNA testing has opened new doors in medicine and science, as well as sparked new questions about medical ethics, human ancestry, and the self"--Provided by the publisher.

Includes index. Includes glossaries. At head of title: The New York Times.

Chapter 1:The revolution of personal genetic testing -- My genome, my self / by Steven Pinker -- 23andMe will resume giving users health data / by Andrew Pollack -- With a simple DNA test, family histories are rewritten / by Gina Kolata -- Are genetic testing sites the new social networks? / by Alyson Krueger -- The online gene test finds a dangerous mutation. It may well be wrong / by Gina Kolata - Chapter 2: Genetic testing and medicine -- DNA blueprint for fetus built using tests of parents / by Andrew Pollack -- The path to reading a newborn's DNA map / by Anne Eisenberg -- New York's chief medical examiner seeks to lead in DNA research / by J. David Goodman -- In Iceland's DNA, new clues to disease-causing genes / by Carl Zimmer -- U.S. introduces new DNA standard for ensuring accuracy of genetic tests / by Robert Pear -- Pursuit of cash taints promise of gene tests / by Reed Abelson and Julie Creswell -- New gene tests pose a threat to insurers / by Gene Kolata -- The struggle to build a massive "biobank" of patient data / by Gina Kolata - Chapter 3: The adoption of genetics by law enforcement -- Biologist teaches the nation's judges about genetics / by Claudia Dreifus -- DNA evidence can be fabricated, scientists show / by Andrew Pollack -- Falsely convicted, freed and no longer quiet / by Martin Fackler -- Genetic basis for crime: a new look / by Patricia Cohen -- Helping decide guilt or innocence / by Liz Robbins -- Seeking answers in genome of gunman / by Gina Kolata -- Using DNA to sketch what victims look like; some call it science fiction / by Ashley Southall -- In Africa, geneticists are hunting poachers / by Gina Kolata -- The Golden State Killer is tracked through a thicket of DNA, and experts shudder / by Gina Kolata and Heather Murphy - Chapter 4: Ethical issues in genetic testing -- Ethics questions arise as genetic testing of embryos increases / by Gina Kolata -- The fault in our DNA / by David Dobbs -- White? Black? A murky distinction grows still murkier / by Carl Zimmer -- Disability and the right to choose / by Jennifer Bartlett -- My 'orphan disease' has given me a new family / by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson -- How genetics is changing our understanding of 'race' / by David Reich -- The racial spectacle of DNA test result videos / by Amanda Hess -- Scientists can design 'better' babies. Should they? / by Clyde Haberman -- Why many Native Americans are angry with Elizabeth Warren / by Maggie Astor - Chapter 5: Scientific frontiers opened by genetic testing -- DNA double take / by Carl Zimmer -- The upside of bad genes / by Moises Velasquez-Manoff -- The famine ended 70 years ago, but Dutch genes still bear scars / by Carl Zimmer -- David Reich unearths human history etched in bone / by Carl Zimmer -- As D.I.Y. gene editing gains popularity, 'someone is going to get hurt' / by Emily Baumgaertner.