PBS NewsHour

A push to use the human genome to make medicine more precise

Clip: 01/30/2015 | 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.

Aired: 01/30/15

Rating: NR

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