A push to use the human genome to make medicine more precise
Clip: 1/30/2015 | 7m 43s
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 of Health, about the potential of precision medicine, privacy concerns and political roadblocks.
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A push to use the human genome to make medicine more precise
Clip: 1/30/2015 | 7m 43s
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 of Health, about the potential of precision medicine, privacy concerns and political roadblocks.
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