the suspected golden state killer was exposed by genetic genealogy.ott's case, in a legal precedent, the genetic genealogy evidence was presented to a jury and helped put him behind bars. this is a game-changer for investigators, for forensic scientists, for prosecutors. genetic genealogy is the best crime-fighting tool that's come along since dna came along. moore: in jay and tanya's case, genetic genealogy was able to develop a suspect who had never even been considered previously.

how do you know if the food you are eating is genetically modified?he european union requires owl gmo food to be labeled, the fda does not so far. >> the u.s. does not recognize that that's different than conventional breeding and does not require safety studies before these products are allowed on the market. >> reporter: but parrot says there's nothing here to be concerned about. >> when it comes to people whose expertise is agriculture and plant genetics, it is a consensus. it's as safe as regular food. >> reporter: now if you want to know if your food is genetically modified, you can look for the organic label. nothing labeled organic is going to contain genetically modified foods. another easy rule of thumb -- almost all processed foods do contain gmos. >>> still ahead on "sgmd," a big milestone at white house this weekend. we'll tell but it. [ male announcer ] this is the story of the dusty basement at 1406 35th street the old dining table at 25th and hoffman. ...and the little room above the strip mall off roble avenue. ♪ this magic moment it i

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

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they come here looking for genetic material to do just that. >> okay.onor 4315, is identity optional, maybe scottish, hazel eyes. right now he has two ici vials available. >> they're searching for genes to help them create kids that are healthy, good-looking and smart. but whose dna is in such high demand? >> a sperm donor is about to arrive to leave a sample. and he's agreed to talk to us, but we cannot show his face, because anonymity is of the utmost importance, but i do have this extensive 15-page profile about him. so i know a lot about him. i know he has blue eyes, he likes pizza. he has a dog. he plays golf and did track and played football. i know his gpa. based on this description, i'm thinking tom brady. >> hi. >> morning. >> lisa. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. not exactly tom brady, but you're just as handsome. >> thank you. >> thanks for talking to us. do you want to have a seat? >> sure. >> so how long have you been doing this? >> a little over a year and a half, i think i'm one of the more prevalent donors. i was asked to donat

executive aerospace scientist, graduate involved in genetic research.ould have a hard time with these. >> on paper, they're all amazing. >> david, i 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. you know, they 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 hard science at a major university, outstanding intellect and exceptional athletic ability. >> so this canister shows up in the mail? >> yes, fedex. and then like a sci-fi movie, you take the lid off the tank and all the 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 months later, the rams'

where are we in the world of genetics now?> we claim that we can see things, this building we have 40,000 people, but that claim is not completely authentic, it is a little bit false. yes, we can seek down to individual basis but there are certain features that we have yet to figure out. >> and they're down to a level of problem solviining and creativity. based on your genetics makeup if you like cross word puzzles or have an artistic mind. >> and having the portion o oof -- >> in case you are wondering what all of this looks like, this is it. this is the basement of decode. as small as i can see, you can see viles and viles of blood. there are 150,000 people, it is negative 15 degrees in here and that'll make sure these biles can be stored here. >> the small population is relatively homogenous. 90% people here are cured pure e islander. when they find the mutation, it is easier to trade. >> that's what's so interesting. many of these will turn out to be double at source. some instances there maybe a liability. for example, we

the same is true of the genetic code. where and how the code is transcribed is very much involved in how those codes are expressed in the cells. in this particular case, what they are seeing is that there appears to be something that affects -- creates a resistance the effects of testosterone in some males can pass from the mother to the boy and similarly from dads to daughters. >> so, they are saying it's not father to son but father to daughter, mother to son? >> exactly. what they are saying is that in females, there's a lot of -- in the uterus when we're developing changes in testosterone levels that we're exposed to. and they are saying that there has to be an epi that limits the testosterone on a female. that's a phenomenon that can be, in some cases, passed from the female, from mom to son. and similarly, in the dads, there has to be epi genetic mechanism that allows the testosterone to have full effect, that can perhaps go to girls, as well. where it gets a bit of a stretch is, what they're saying is, perhaps moms

so, there are genetic differences that have an influence on this.lpower, putting it very concisely, some people don't have to bring much willpower to the table wheresas other people have to bring a great deal. >> thank you, shed some interesting insights to that, appreciate that. a check of your top stories minutes away. >>> but still ahead, doogie howard m.d. versus sanjay gupta, m.d.? >> he wrote a poem and proposed to her in the last line. >> doogie. >> i'm losing all of them! >> and more than a few laughs with andy cohen and soleil moon frye. that's next. i couldn't wait to see her again. but i didn't want her to see my psoriasis. no matter how many ways i try to cover up, my psoriasis keeps showing up. all her focus is on me. but with these dry, cracked, red, flaky patches, i'm not sure if i want it to be. this is more than uncomfortable, it's unacceptable. visit psoriasis.com where you can get refusing to hide, a free guide filled with simple strategies for living well with psoriasis. learn more at psoriasis.com and talk to your dermatologist.

graduate involved in genetic research. i mean, i would have a hard time with these. >> on paper, they are all amazing. >> david, i have to ask you, as you are thumbing through the profiles and seeing these extraordinary acomp militiaments, did you feel inferiority or insecurities? >> well, there was some insecurity but not about them. their part is done. they have provided the sperm. the part in my view is raising them and being a father. that is going to be up to me. >> the decision had been made and an order placed. donor clear, professor at a major university, outstanding intellect and exceptional athletic ability. this canister shows up in the mail? >> yes. it shows up fedex. >> then, like a sci-fi movie, take the lid off the tank and all this comes out. it was a learning experience for me, to say the least. >> the insemination was a success on the first try. nine months later, they welcomed their first child loandra into the world. >> right away, she had a voice. oh, my goodness. >> academically accomplished, she foun

this represents more than half the country's genetic material, 150,000 people.s negative 15 degrees in here, and that will make sure these viles will be stored here into perpetuity. there's also something important about iceland. they're relatively homogenous. as much as 90% of the people are here considered pure icelandic. that means not much diversity in the gene pool, the perfect pool for scientists to code. it's easier to trace. >> what's so interesting is that many of these values that we are finding will probably turn out to be double edged scored. in some instances they may be a liability and in others they may be assets. for example, we discovered a variant three or four years back that confirmed protection against alzheimer's disease. it's rare, found in about 1% of the icelandic population. if you carry this variant, you are almost completely protected against alzheimer's disease. >> the idea is this. replicate what the gene is doing naturally in medicine. decode is privately owned and its parent company is in the pharmaceutical business, taking the in

are genetically modified crops good for big business but bad for the rest of us? and the money lead. another cruise ship is cut short after a ship catches fire. at least the toilets worked this time. do the floating cities answer to anyone or is it anything goes in international waters? >>> today's national lead ode to the jersey shore. cheap, full serve gas, and hair sprayed to last. it is the unofficial start of summer on the jersey shore now seven months after hurricane sandy. the sounds of the tide and the sea gulls are accompanied by the roar of bulldozers and the echoes of hammers. president obama was there today to see the results of reconstruction and check in with an old pal new jersey republican governor chris christie. >> you are stronger than the storm. after all you've dealt with, after all you've been through the jersey shore is back and it is open for business. >> i am not going to let anything or anyone get in between me and completion of the mission to restore and recover our great state. >> the president did everything but feed cotton candy to ch

isn't entirely genetic, but it's primarily genetic. -- fertilized eggs, or those 10,000, and you'll be able to rank them based on the highest genetic component of i.q. to lowest. and will people make a decision to implant an embryo that is likely to lead to a child with a higher i.q.? some places they will. will some parents want that? in some places they will. >> this is a brave new world. do you think something like ethical guidelines will matter? because i'm thinking this technology will spread around the world, people in china aren't going to follow any ethical guidelines, some counsel the united states puts out. >> it must be. i mean, the core issue of all of this isn't technology. the technology's revolutionary. the technology is going to advance. but the core issue at play, iat play are values and ethics. and certainly we live in a world where there are many cultural differences within societies, between societies. it's a very competitive world. and you can easily see how we could have a type of arms race scenario. if we don't w

you're genetically modifying the plants to be move sugar available and you're genetically modifying microbesy. what we really want is a plant that grows well and at the same time is able to release its sugars. when we want them released. >> is there an adeal plant from what you've learned so far? >> there's no one plant that's going to be the silver bullet. it will all depend on the climate and the location. so in the u.s. midwest, the plains states might have switchgrass. the pacific northwest might have trees. the very deep south could have sugar cane. it all depends on the climate, the amount of rain, sunshine, et cetera. >> let me guess where you're originally from, nebraska, cornstover. >> the interesting thing about cornstover we could have our food, the corn and use the rest of the crop for producing energy. >> right. >> it sounds like you're changing agriculture. >> we hope to change agriculture. when we got the grant, we said we're going to do fuels that could go in all modes of transportation, not ethanol. and that we were going to use cellulose crops, rather than corn, which is a

why do you suspect that this could be genetic? well, this is exactly the problem that we try to tackle, as you just said. previously healthy children, adolescents or adults arbitrarily under the age of 50, who suddenly are critically ill. so, the hypothesis that we're testing with helen hsu at the national institutes of health, is that these patients carry genetic variations -- in the past, people would say mutations -- genetic variations that are silent clinically until they're infected by the coronavirus. and in a few days or weeks, they develop severe luminitis and have to be into an intensive care unit. >> so it's basically something in their dna that enables the virus to be much more lethal in how it acts? >> right, exactly. but you know, this is not an idea that came out of the blue. helen hsu at the nih had discovered mutations, variations, responsible for luminitis caused by the rhinovirus. and we had discovered other variations responsible for influenza numonitis, so we had already shown for two other types of viral that

if they were purely genetic, the genes don't get passed along but the epi genetics can get passed along much. >> thanks, anderson. >>> well, it started out as a relaxing trip to ride the waves in costa rica but ended with a 27-year-old former marine in a u.s. prison. he's been there since august. there's a lot of questions about why he was even arrested. my interview with his parents ahead. first, isha? >>> john boehner is telling lawmakers not to make christmas plans. the warning comes after president obama talked about boehner on the phone last night. sources say it was a tense conversation. experts warn of a new recession if a deal can't be reached in 20 days. >>> new jersey governor chris christie says it's ridiculous to say that he couldn't be president because of his weight. the republican governor is rumored to be considering a bid for the white house in 2016. >>> and pope benedict xvi blessed his followers in his first tweet today. he now has one million followers on this twitter page alone and many more account in several other languages. some saying that he's the coolest pope

>> 29-year-old tom's genetic journey began at bank. as if he were just like any other child but inside, written in his dna was the code for academic excellence. when i got to high school, i started taking college courses. >> it's horribly painful when the class moves at a low speed. >> were you a popular kid. >> no, those two don't go hand in hand. >> were you a nerd? >> oh, yeah. definitely aadesigner babies built to be alphas, betas, deltas and social class predetermined. do you think tom is a genius? >> i thinks very ib 39 intelligent but after years of trying she wasn't getting pregnant. >> unable to have a buy l, buy loathical child. to me that was huge. i've always felt that intelligence equals success in life. >> if you were in a situation where my husband and i could not have our own child and you have to pick characteristics, it's only the smart thing to do to try to stack the deck in your child's favor and to try to get the best you can get for your child. >> marianna, nine months later, tom was born. expectations were high.

it's the largest genetic study of sexual orientation ever. almost have a million people out of which about 25,000 people had at least one same-sex sexual experience, and what it paints is a nuanced, complex picture. it tells us that there are some genetic factors, but they're not very strong in their influence of sexual orientation, but they're there. and it leaves some room also for nongenetic factor, possibly environmental factors, which is interesting as well. so as it was just said, it is complicated, and it certainly tells us that it is the end, in a sense of this simplistic view that there would be just one gene, one gay gene that would determine our sexuality and sexual preference. >> so, zeke, listen, some researchers are worried these results may be misinterpreted. what are they worried about? >> you know, don, i think anytime there is science around this or lots of other topics, there are people who have bad intentions, who want to misuse it for political purposes, for purposes other than that which it was intended. this is a really

it has that 25-year-old's genetic material and you can combine it with sperm.s this something that happens a lot? >> yes. absolutely. in the united states, about 10% to 15% of all ivf is involving egg donation. >> 10% to 15%? >> yes. >> he says more and more families are choosing this route to have a family. >> they have a baby picture they can choose from and know most of the background history, what their genetic make-up in, their interest, maybe their education. >> you get to choose the eggs? >> they get to choose them. >> how much does that process cost? >> $16,500. that includes everything. >> a woman in her mid-40s is pregnant, has a baby, is it almost assumed that woman had an egg donor? >> i think i had five women overall in 30 years that had a pregnancy at 45 with their own eggs. >> michelle and mike plan to share their conception stories with their children. >> it needs to be okay and not looked at as some weird thing to use alternate method. nontraditional ways to have a family. >> if we are describe iing in t years, hopefully it's like a visit to th

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. >> hidden amongst us are 200 children that carry a secret buried deep in their dna, genetic makeup for academic excellence. >> we, as a species, do need to make sure we're not slipping into an idiocracy. >> are you a genius? >> tonight, we'll meet the pr g prodginy and paul and i got married and several years later decided to start a family but the journey wasn't easy. after two miscarriage, we were finally successful when, in 2013, we gave birth to our baby girl, jet. are you going to help daddy cook? >> all we cared about was having a healthy baby but, of course, we hoped she would be smart, too. so for fun, we started to test her. >> where is the turtle? where's turtle? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> where's sea horse, jetty? where's sea horse? yeah. >> did she inherit her father's academic prowess? or will she have more of her mother's outgoing personality? >> give me five. good job. >> jet's genetic hand has been dealt and only time will tell if she turns out to be our baby genius. what if you could shop for smarts? it may sound like the stuff of science fiction. in the 1980s, one man d

what about the genetic makeup of people who are already have a problem with that? >> well why did you feel free? articulated, why isn't it repeated lies basically about those argue border. >> he's not a moment ago, you said he wasn't talking about immigration. >> now you're saying he is talking about immigration. the fact that is why we're not talking. he got he got to ask the question he, has a specific i wanted to see has repeated this live for eight years, that immigrants are in some way more, more prone to criminality, that they're less human, that they have bad blood, that they have bad genetics i don't understand how you can mince words around the racist nature of not he was asked he said he said when he came down the elevator, he said that mexico was sending rapists and murderers. they're sending people would tell us a lot of murders have gotten lower rate than natural with them if it's a lower rate that's the most ridiculous but i don't want to speak if it's here. go ahead. >> we don't go like, okay your rapist, you're in you're rapist you okay. come on and

so, you know, a lot of women say, i want to get that genetic testing. does this patent mean for them? >> well, this patent means that pharmaceutical company is the one that has the exclusive rights to do the testing, and sometimes they also have the exclusive right for the methodology that goes with the testing. and so we really, in many cases, limit the ability of some women, if they can't afford to pay for that test, the ability to acquire that testing. >> if somebody has a patent, it probably means it will be more expensive for an individual woman. but what do you think of this? i mean this, is an area of expertise for you. is this a good idea? >> well, i think that patenting technology is a good idea because i know that is investment that went into patenting is what fueled innovation. as a scientist, i know that research costs. when i'm doing my research, i look for investors, whether it's the nih, national institutes of health, for a pharmaceutical company, and i know they also expect a return on investment. but i also know when i'm sitting across

the suspected golden state killer was exposed by genetic genealogy. in talbott's case, in a legal precedent, the genetic genealogy evidence was presented to a jury and helped put him behind bars. this is a game-changer for investigators, for forensic scientists, for prosecutors. genetic genealogy is the best crime-fighting tool that's come along since dna came along. moore: in jay and tanya's case, genetic genealogy was able to develop a suspect who had never even been considered previously. william earl talbott really was the first good suspect they ever had in all these years of investigating the case. ♪ narrator: up next, this medical professional was obsessed with staying healthy. herbal supplements were her big thing. she was always trying to have everyone healthy. narrator: but in a matter of days, what looks like a disease cuts her down. whatever it is just came on, and it killed her. narrator: is she dead from natural causes... [ flatlining ] ...or something more sinister? this is probably the most bizarre case that i've ever worked on. ♪ ♪ na

i prefer they talk to a genetic counselor.ey get the test really need a simple conversation with a genetic counselor to allay a lot of fears. >> this test is not really available or affordable to everyone. costs what, $3,000? and a lot of insurance doesn't cover it. an issue a lot of people face. >> that is absolutely correct. we actually see a lot of people getting the test who actually should not get the best test and end up with information that they don't know who to deal with. it's more confusion. i can't overstress the fact that women who have a considerable history of breast cancer, usually two or three first-degree relatives, sisters, mothers, that sort of thing, ought to have a conversation about getting this test and ought to consider it, but are you absolutely correct. costs $3,000. very expensive and a lot of people can't afford it. >> dr. otis brawly, thank you for your insight on a big story this morning. >> thank you. >>> ahead on "starting point," the obama administration accused of spying on journalists. the o

i understand he's getting another genetic test on saturday. it is possible that the genetic test had a false negative, the second test that he had was a false negative. we'll see on saturday. the tests aren't perfect by any means. but the utility of them, i think, i don't want to undermine the utility of them. though they're not perfect, the vast majority of the time they will give people actionable guidance in terms of what they should do. >> better to have some test, than none at all. sanjay, you've got a little bit of hope for us on a friday, when it comes to looking down the road to a vaccine. the ceo of pfizer is saying they're going to be able to pivot when needed pretty quickly. talk to us a little bit more about what you learned there. >> reporter: when this all happened, this single strand virus was made pretty quickly and it's about 30,000 nuke low tide. that's not very many. and what a lot of these vaccines are, they're basically taking a chunk of the genetic information and creating this vaccine and they're giving it to people and

. >> the reason we think it might be genetic is because it tends to run in families.lots of times if you meet someone who has synesthesia, they have a relative or sibling who also has it, too. so what we're doing is trying to determine how the genetic makeup of that person could be related to them having synesthesia. >> when wie find it, it will be the first genetic difference between people in how they see reality, how very tiny genetic differences between us change how you see the world and how i see the world. so one of the things we find in neuroscience is there is a lot of individual variability, even though we always have a picture of the brain and we talk about the brain. in fact, brains are like fingerprints. they're different in every person. even though we like to think we can put ourselves in other people's shoes, that's not always possible neurally speaking. people are very different from one another. crest pro-health clinical rinse. it actually keeps your teeth 91% clean of plaque even at 2 months after a dental visit. new crest pro-health clinical rinse.

her lab and inside her very human intelligence but first imagine doctors being able to edit your genetic code hold your children, your pets if you or a loved one suffered from a disease caused by an error in your dna they could snip out there and put in the correct code well jennifer doudna was the code co-discoverer of just such a technology it's called crispr. >> and she won the nobel prize for her work on it, a breakthrough treatment for sickle cell disease. researchers successfully corrected a gene mutation and human embryos even better. crispr is already saving lives what if you could proactively recognize the genes that make somebody more likely to get all timers and you could use crisper to change up. next i'll tell you about it's awesome possibilities and how doubt nat came to her discovery this really is the code of life. >> it is amazing to think that now we can read the code and then crispr is way to change the code in precise ways we can see that the capabilities of this are really powerful. i think the good to come from this is going to be profound what if you could recogniz

narrator: genetically speaking, human beings are remarkably similar.ll portion of the human genome that makes us different from one another -- eye color, hair color, facial shapes. quaal: the genome is so big. greytak: we're talking about 3 billion pieces of information. if we looked at your dna and my dna, we might differ at a few million spots. but those tiny differences are the reason that those two people look different. narrator: parabon has assembled a vast library of known genetic information. they have the dna of thousands of volunteers, and courtesy of a 3-d photographic process, they also know exactly what each of these people look like. armentrout: traditionally, a 3-d camera rig is used. multiple cameras have to be synchronized. they have take the picture at the same time and just know their locations. if you have that, then you can use mathematics to actually recreate the three-dimensional shape of someone's face. narrator: snapshot uses those photographs and that dna to create a library of known genetic information. then the unknown, so f

the first was the genetics. the second was the brain pattern, whatever happened. the third is why i haven't turned out to be a psychopath had to do with the nurturing i got. i went back and looked at the pictures growing up and all these memories and movies and everything. i was treated so well. >> james wrote about his voyage in the book. it's fascinating. it's called "the psychopath inside." am i safe being this close to you? >> six feet is pretty good. >> psychopath has this pa jortive meaning. a lot of things that you wrote about in the book, what is a psychopath? given the context that you know about what's happening in your own brain. >> if you think of the different factors involved, it's like the olympic circles, the five rings. so there's five factors. if you have enough of these, at some point you're categorically called a psychopath, but you could be a borderline or only partially have psychopathic traits. it has to do with how you interact with people. not just knowing. psychopaths know what you're thinking and feeling, but they don't feel it. and also

so i support the technique trying to fix genetic diseases in kids by doing genetic engineering seems to me not only ethical but noble. got to be sure it's safe. got to be sure you've done it enough in animals to make sure you have a reasonable chance it will work. do i worry about getting to a future where we get smarter, stronger, taller babies? i do. but i wouldn't hold these kids hostage to worries about that future. >> now to step back a little, a different technique that also combined dna from three parents was used in 2001 and it was at the time considered a success. there were several children, several dozen who were born using that process. it was later banned over ethical concerns. did the fact that it was shown to work at least in the short term with these kids who are now 13, 14 years old help to shape your views on -- >> it did. >> explain. >> it did, because the evidence was that at least you could do it and you seemed to get healthy babies. i have to confess those kids haven't been tracked since their birth to make sure they don't have big problems. but it looked good a

there are some of the cleanest genetically modified creatures on earth. dr.jay gupta has this exclusive. >> these pigs could one day provide a nearly endless supply of organs. he kidneys, hearts, livers, it is called zeno transplantation, and what you're watching at this research facility has never been seen by the public before. >> we usually try to limit this to only the staff that takes care of the animals. we rarely let other folks come in. >> mike curtis is my guide today. he is ceo of genesis, a company devoted to raising pigs to try to solve the organ crisis. >> everything is controlled. the feed is clean, the water is clean. you can see the staff is trained to try to maintain a very clean environment here. i should just point out that i walked into her room, turned on a filter, essentially clean the air for five minutes before i could then go shower. that's why my hair is wet. i washed myself. i put on everything new here, clean underwear, socks, shoes, everything is different just to be in this room. that gives you an idea of just how clean it is in

well, a technique called genetic genealogy, or ig.it combines dna analysis with genealogical research. but kohberger's defense attorney argued that the evidence was obtained improperly and should therefore be excluded. now, the judge ultimately ruled against kohberger and now will allow that evidence at trial. joining me now, jared ambo, a criminal defense trial attorney and forensic dna expert, and howard blum, the author of when the night comes falling, a book on these idaho murders. thank you both for joining here. i've been very intrigued by this case, as really has the nation. and jared, i'll begin with you, because investigators took key evidence, the dna that was found on the knife sheath at the murder scene, they used it to isolate kohberger. explain how genetic genealogy works. and and is it reliable? >> so reliable. >> only in the sense of an investigative lead. genetic genealogy is not admissible in court. like identification. dna, because it doesn't have that reliability. it doesn't have that rigorous scientific testing. a

only 292 of those have been genetically sequenced. can't find a mutation if you don't do a genetic sequence. that's a tiny, tiny fraction that have actually been genetically sequenced. compare this to what they do in the uk, take the time difference, in the uk 9,230 have had genetic sequencing. that's a big difference. the cdc is trying to improve their surveillance system. they think they will have a new system set up and in place in january. >> elizabeth, thank you very much for that. >>> while the promise of even more vaccine supply is great news, dr. rochelle walensky, the incoming director of the cdc, he's painting she's painting a dark picture of what the next month will look like. >> i think we need to acknowledge january 21, things will be bad. it's going to be dark. right now we're in dark times. i think with will have more death, more surge after the christmas and nyu holidays and all of those will manifest around the end of january. >> if set tset the calendar. with me now is the director of immunology and infectious diseas

, human beings are, in fact, 99.9% identical in their genetic makeup. >> we sequence the first genomene of the geneticist who mapped a human genome put it simply. there's no basis in scientific fact or in the human genetic code for the notion that skin color will be predictive of intelligence. nevertheless, efforts to categorize people into a racial hierarchy go back hundreds of years. >> whether it's five races, three races, africans and mongoloids. caucasians as whites were called. there's this pseudo-racial science which tries to give a supposedly objective grounding to what is ultimately a system of prejudice. >> the case of plessy vs. ferguson in 1896 shows just how arbitrary definitions of race can be in america. >> a man who was white by any definition, but he was considered black because maybe one black ancestor. >> plessy intentionally boarded a whites-only train car in louisiana, challenging the state's separate but equal laws. >> the conductor came and said, get out of this car. you are not white. >> when he refused to leave, he was arrested. in what became known as the sep

. >> we're going to do your genetic testing.t spit into this. >> i've gone through so many tests today. >> one thing we do is check every single bodily function. >> hi, welcome to the age scan test. >> the next test will help determine my biological age, which is different than my chronological age. >> when you hear the tone press button 6 as quickly as possible. >> biological age is more about how well my body and mind are standing the test of time. >> okay. that was great. but you've got to do it faster if you want a good score. >> this is like crazy pressure. >> i'm 43 years old chronologically, but i could be older or younger than that biologically. >> really attack that button. >> i'm missing the button. >> now get ready to check your muscle movement, speed, and coordination. be aggressive. [ beeping ] >> ah! that's terrible. >> this next test will check your lungs. pick up the tube, take in the deepest possible breath you can, and blow. >> i'm trying not to see the funny in that but it's funny. here we go. >> don't stop. k

imagine genetic thift on the genetic level. >> something that occurs to me after reading your piece,acting myself. i'm impacting my family. right? i'm now essentially putting all of us into a database. >> that's exactly right because it's going to implicate or identify other members of your family. a lot of these websites say your information can't be identified, that's not necessarily true. there have been many examples that show you can pretty easily reidentify data. you're not only putting yourselves at risk but your immediate family as well. >> how do we strike a balance because we're all celebrating the fact that presumably they've got the right guy through that dna break through, but at the same time i worry about the big brother implications. and, as i understand there's n regulation. >> there's the act of 2008 that makes it illegal for employers for example to use genetic information to discriminate but you're not supposed to discriminate based on race, gender or sexual orientation but people get discriminated against all the time. this is now a new way that can be done. i th

>> genetic that we know of.few years ago. >> that's a lot. >> they have embryos on ice that they can use at any given time. >> what do you think would most surprise people to learn about egg donation? >> the lack of regulation, the ability for me to have dozens and dozens and dozens of children in all the same cities. >> the american society of reproductive medicine's practice guidelines limit an egg donor to six cycles in their lifetime. and there are suggested caps on offspring from an individual sperm or egg donor. >> the american society of reproductive medicine, they have a recommendation. 25 offspring per 800,000 people in the population. >> so, doing that math, in the greater bay area in california, with a population around 7.5 million, the hypothetical limit for one donor who followed asrm's guidelines could be as high as 234 children. this doctor is the chief medical officer for california cryo bank, one of the largest sperm banks in the world. >> back in the '80s and '90s, sperm banks sevened a communi

the same genetic illness his brother d.j. was born with. also believes that the inaccurate lab reports led doctors to administer the wrong treatment, the ethanol drip, which possibly contributed to ryan's death. the ethanol drip was also the suspected cause of the calcium oxalate crystals found during ryan's autopsy. and not ethylene glycol. scientists also suspect that the process of washing ryan's baby bottle caused the false readings of ethylene glycol when the bottle was tested. the conviction of patricia stallings had been a mistake. >> oh, wow. if d.j. hadn't been born, patty stallings would be in jail for the rest of her life without parole and no one would have ever raised a second question. >> patricia stallings filed lawsuits against the hospitals doctors and laboratories that had misdiagnosed ryan. all were settled before going to trial. their son d.j., who by being born with mma, led scientists to the real killer of his brother ryan, is managing his disease with a special diet and other treatments. >> it is strange that such a s