Science Jun 03 Researchers may have sequenced the ‘final unknown’ of the human genome By Matthew Herper, STAT News
Health Jan 30 Watch 7:43 A push to use the human genome to make medicine more precise President Obama introduced a new plan to create a database of genetic information of a million Americans in order to better tailor medical treatments for groups of patients. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien interviews Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes… By PBS News Hour
Science Nov 07 Google launches service to store and share human DNA in the cloud It turns out that a human genome -- the complete set of genetic material encoded as DNA sequences -- is 100 gigabytes. By Justin Scuiletti
Science Jun 24 Watch A Decade on, Human Genome Research Yet to Directly Affect Many Patients Ten years after the cracking of the human genetic code, Jeffrey Brown talks to a scientist about advancements and setbacks in using the research to pinpoint the causes of illnesses and craft individualized therapies.
Science Apr 02 Watch Can Genes Be Patented? Ruling Reignites Debate A federal court this week invalidated patents filed by biotech companies on the human genome, igniting debate on exactly who owns genetic research. Jeffrey Brown gets two points of view on the legal implications of the case.