Maryland's Top Cop + Personalized Genetic Medicine with Francis Collins

October 16, 2008 at 1:25pm

MARYLAND'S TOP COP: Election season typically isn't as busy for officials who aren't on the ballot. But as we head down the home stretch this fall, there are plenty of election-related issues to keep Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler's hands full. We talk with Gansler about those challenges, as well the fallout of a domestic spying investigation in Maryland and other legal issues in the Old Line State. (24 min.) PERSONALIZED GENETIC MEDICINE WITH FRANCIS COLLINS: 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. (26 min.)

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