Physician-geneticist Francis S. Collins is best-known for leading the project that decoded the human genome. A pioneer in using innovative genetic tools to uncover the secrets of diseases, he joins Kojo to talk about personalized genetic medicine, including the home tests & full-body scans being marketed to individuals nationwide.
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Personalized Genetic Medicine with Francis Collins
Listen Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008 at 12:27 p.m. in Science, SocietyGuests
Francis Collins
Director, National Human Genome Research Institute
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