us the genetic component. i mean, i think i've... i understand that 99% of our genes are all alike but the 1% is crucial. >> exactly. so we've known for a long time that genes play an important role in autism but it's really only been in the last several years that we've had the tools and we're able to really make progress and get a good picture of the genetic landscape and really a lot of that is because the advances in genomic technology have allowed us to look at that 1%, the part of the genome that varies between people in a way we've never been able to before. so in doing that we found there are different types of variation that we either didn't know about or didn't pay attention to that are very important for autism. >> rose: and what are they? >> so we've known for a long time if you look at two people and examine their genome there is will be changes or differences in the letter code of d.n.a. one particular position. we've known that for a long time. what we've now found out through high resolution ge

, genetically-engineered," on it. if it's identical to the traditional food, why... why put a label on it? >> reporter: but its d.n.a. has been altered. >>het's the same proteins, t same food that you've been consuming forever. >> reporter: but not everyone thinks it's that simple.t >>bare minimum, they must be honest with the consumer with what you're feeding your family. >> the senator from alaska. >> reporter: to senator lisa murkowski of alaska, theg ssue of label such a big deal that she single-handedly delayed the sale of aquadvanta salmon in the u.s. for years. >> "frankenfish" is what we call it because it is so unnatural. >> reporter: as a member af the powerfropriations committee, murkowski attached a rider to a budget bill that s blocked the g.mon from being sold in the u.s. until the department of agriculture came up with rules for how it must be labeled. murkowski's home state of alaska is also the nation's leading seafood producer. cifimassive, wild-caught pa salmon industry is a source of state pride. m

to label genetically modified foods.of the reasons the initiatives lost, it was clear to me, is that in california, the anti-labeling forces spent $47 million to defeat the measure. in washington state, it was 22 million. that is a lot of money to put defeating a labeling initiative. i never understood why they did not want them labeled in the first place. the authorn nestle, of eat, drink, vote. , fromce, you are up nevada. thatr: i just want to say genetically modified food is making me very ill. i have to pay more for the food. it is all grown, processed, and sold by the same big company. people thating off are making the decision. i think our health is more important. it is really affecting my health. any: marion nestle, response to that? so sorry to hear that. you do have an option and that is to buy organic. are getting food is required by law not to have any genetic modification associated with it. you do have that choice. is it is more expensive than commission -- conventionally raised food. the foods are not lab

on genetically modified soybeans.rats that were fed gm soybeans, there testicles change from pink to blue. at -- i gave a talk at the european parliament. more than 50% of their offspring died within three weeks compared to 10% in the control. there is a study that was done massivee showing multiple tumors, organ damage, and early death. i'm sure my colleague will pick apart and i will be happy to pick up the pieces. of pigs pictures geneticallyer fed modified seed on the right. it is hard to see in this light, but it is severe irritation and show 25% larger your uses -- larger uteruses. not to flip through some of the cause estimates. this does not guarantee causation. a problem and we are feeding it to the population and if it is significant enough that we take people off gmo's and they're getting better -- this is death from parkinson's disease. this is number of new cases of diabetes diagnosed annually. if you take at the tram line, the gym a factor came into play. this is the number of hospitalizations for two ki

--the genetic pool. so i was interviewing these scientists and translating their concerns so that everyone can understand. anything i learned in book form was looked at by three scientists. when i spoke, you know how scientists beat. they -- how scientists speak. converging lines of evidence suggest i might be chilly. nothing is definite. when i started asking these doctors, they do not eat like scientists. they said gmo's cause inflammation. cuasause my allergic patients to have more reactions. one woman says she prescribed a non-gmo diet to every patient and everyone gets better. i was skeptical. for years, people would say, i react to gmo's. when i take them out of my diet, i feel better. my skeptic brain was saying, how do you know? maybe it is true, but probably not. how do you know? i was looking for background. not individuals who would react or not react. but here were doctors. i was skeptical. i said to one, what percentage? 100%. well, may be 98%. i asked her again. how many patients do you hav

it is a genetically engineered hormone.he fda says that it does not matter about the bovine growth hormone because 90% is destroyed during pasteurization. it turns out they are referring to a study done by monsanto's friends where they pasteurize the milk longer than normal and they only destroyed 19% of the hormone. they added powdered hormone to the milk and pasteurized it more than normal. they destroyed 90% of the hormone. when the fda reported that 90% of the hormone was destroyed, they never refer to the fact that it was under those conditions. in the book, we are pulling out excerpt from expert reports. monsanto did studies where if you want to design a study to avoid finding problems, here's how you do it. here are the methods. they explain away problems. they do things that no other scientific body had ever done. they find a scientific event and they have completely been unscientific. we show exactly why and we quote the experts in there. >> i would assume that this refers to the idea that the tobacco industry for

ultimately it's a genetic syndrome. it's a extra chromosome but you can sample as you know, you can sample tissue. and again those are examples where as i said the pen transae very high. as a society, if the disease is a suffering is great enough we've decided that's okay to do. we've made that decision. the question now as we read the genome in more deep ways as we read individual genomes in more deep ways are we entering arenas where the moral uncertainties are so great we don't know what to do, we need to have a conversation about. >> rose: is there an urgency to have a conversation. >> there's an absolute urgency to have a conversation. just to give you a couple examples. in about four or five weeks before i finished writing the book, in china there was an attempt to make a genetic, define genetic change in making an embryo. now these were non-viable embryos, they were chosen. so there were some natural limits to the experiments. you couldn't have carried out this experiment but it was nonetheless an experiment that

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are you in favor of genetically modified foods or are you somebody who is opposed to genetically modifiedoods and before you answer, please don't say anything insulting. i don't want to make my wheat angry. guys, guys, down, down, down. here is some meat. (growling) you know what? for safety's sake we should just get going. laurie garrett, everybody. the council on foreign relations. we'll be right back.éxéx >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. thank you so much. folks, if you watch this show you know i don't like newspapers. that's why i don't subscribe to any. if i have to kill a spider, i use a rolled-up i-pad. but i've got to hand it to the chicago sun times, a paper renown for usually being available from the trib is sold out. they have managed to cut costs without laying a bunch of people off from every department. instead they just laid off everybody from one department. >> the chicago sun times is laying off its entire staff of photographers. >> they have laid off as many as 30 people in their photographic team there. >> stephen: yes, the entire photography department was laid o

this ability with reproductive genetics to antibiotics and vaccinations?lver: i am. and in some ways, this is more powerful. >> o'donnell: earlier this month, because of how quickly the industry is growing, the fda proposed guidelines to review certain genetic testing to ensure the technology used in the diagnosis of serious diseases is accurate and safe. >> welcome to the cbs sports update presented by pacific life. i'm james brown with scores from around the n.f.l. detroit scores 22 unanswered to beat atlanta in london. seattle snaps a two-game skid with a late come yam win over atlanta. cincy regains the top spot in the a.f.c. north. big ben's team record six touches sinks indy. the bills score six turnovers to ground the jets. tom brady throws for five touchdowns in the pats' win. for more sports news and information, go to cbssports.com. it on the long journey to their feeding grounds. one of the most important things you can do is help the next generation. at pacific life, we offer financial solutions to accomplish just that. ask a financial advisor

graduate involved in genetic research. would have a hard time with these. >> on paper they're all amazing. >> david, i just have to ask you as you're thumbing through some of these donor profiles and seeing these extraordinary accomplishments and physical characteristics, did you feel at all any kind of inferiority complex or insecurities? >> well, there was some insecurity, but not about them. their part is done. they've provided the sperm. the really difficult part in my view is raising them and being a father and that's going to be up to me. >> the decision had been made and an order placed. donor clear, professor of a heart science at a major university, outstanding intellect and exceptional athletic ability. >> so this big canister shows up in the mail? >> yeah, it shows up fed ex. >> yeah. and then like a sci-fi movie, take the lid off the tank and all this smoke comes out and everything. it was a learning experience for me. an eye opener to say the least. >> the insemination was a success on the first try. nine mont

>> well we have one federal law on genetic discrimination, the genetic information nondiscrimination act. it focuses exclusively on health insurance and employment. but genetic information can be used to discriminate on a whole host of different areas, from disability insurance to long term care insurance. it can be used by a bank if they want to make a long term loan and they think there's information in your genome that you will not live long enough to pay back that long term loan. >> isn't it at some point a genie that gets out of the bottle and maybe a little too much power in people's hands? >> first of the all-- the genie is out the bottle. this stuff is moving, period. there's no way to put it back in the bottle. the only countermeasure for me, for all of this, is massive transparency. getting a point where, in fact, yes, the norm is that your genome is on the cloud and open to all. we're heading towards a society in which we're going to know anything you want anytime you want anywhere you want. there are no secrets anymore. >> and what's the impact of that? >> fundamental re-

this ability with reproductive genetics to antibiotics and vaccinations?m. and in some ways, this is more powerful. >> o'donnell: because of how quickly the industry is growing, last fall, the fda proposed guidelines to review certain genetic testing to ensure the technology used in the diagnosis of serious diseases is accurate and safe. brought to you by prevnar. at the greenbrier classic in west virginia, danny lee won in a four-man playoff, his first tour victory for the 24-year-old. and major league baseball, the blue jays dominated the tigers the rays topped the yankees and the royals beat the twins. for more sports news and information, go to cbssports.com. this is jim nantz reporting from white sulphur springs, west virginia. protect you from cancer? what if one push up could prevent heart disease? [man grunts] one wishful thinking, right? but there is one step you can take to help prevent another serious disease- pneumococcal pneumonia. one dose of the prevnar 13® vaccine can help protect you ... from pneumococcal pneumonia, an illness that can cau

genetic technology has advanced rapidly since then. the human genome project took ten years and cost $3 billion. today the cost of sequencing a genome is less than $10,000 and can be completed in just a matter of days. these technological advances led to the recent mapping of the neanderthal genome using d.n.a. taken from bones that are 40,000 years old. yet researchers have found that mapping the genome is far easier than understanding everything they want to know. despite some notable achievements, gee no, ma'am i cans has not yet produced a revolution in medicine or biotechnology but scientists say they're on the way. the increasing availability of genetic information, many believe, it's just a matter of time before we understand the biological basis of disease. we begin with nicholas wade he's a 30-year veteran science reporter for the "new york times". he's the author of several books including "the faith instinct" and "before the dawn" which is about human evolution over the past 10,000 years. in recent articles, he's explored th

the war on drugs; and, in our signature segment is it safe to control the spread of disease with genetically modified mosquitoes? >> the danger of this technology is exceptionally low. >> i don't want my kids to be laboratory rats. >> sreenivasan: next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with news in the fight against isis. late last night, president obama authorized a rare and successful ground raid into eastern syria. the white house says u.s. commandos killed a senior islamic state leader, captured his wife and confiscated isis computer data in al-amr. officials say isis senior leader abu sayyaf was i