i do think there's a genetic situation in my family. i'm not the only and my brother is not the only one in the family to have this problem. >> reporter: until recently, watkins' family history and his unique genetic makeup would have played a minor role-- if any-- in his medical care. but thanks in part to a massive, groundbreaking new study under way at kaiser and the university of california san francisco, information gleaned from patients' genes may prove the key to identifying and treating a host of diseases, watkin's cancer among them. >> you know, you're not born to this world as a blank slate. you come into it with a certain genetic disposition. >> reporter: u.c.s.f. professor neil risch, the lead genetic researcher, says that his project and others that compile vast amounts of genetic information are on the verge of revolutionizing medicine. >> we can actually look to see how the genes that somebody has-- and they've had since they were born-- interact with environmental factors that actually work together to either increase or

they're trying to really break the genetic codes. when two patients with prostate cancer come to my office, it's hard to know which one has the slow growing disease and which one is aggressive. now for the first time they have come up with genetic codes where they can tell us exactly what the risk strat fiction is. what that does is it would reduce the number of biopsies, reduce the number of surgeries and radiation. they've come up with the same number of codes, about 60 of them, for breast cancer, 26 for prostate and 8 for ovarian cancer. huge news. still in clinical trial, still not in practice. but in the future, dr. siegel, myself, we can actually look for the geneticist and say, you have to go to surgery, you don't need treatment. that's big news. >> but it's not in practice yet. isn't there some sort of way to check your genetic code to see if you're -- >> not yet. >> at all. >> but we have mapped the genome. now we have 1,000 scientists getting together in a ahundred countries and having a collaborative net wok. numb number o

. >>> growing concern over genetically engineered seafood. the significant step taken by some large u.s. retailers. >>> still a few light showers outside right now. you see the clouds. how long do they last and when do we warm up again? i'll have the time lines back in 10 minutes. l month long as one of our march featured values, the newest way to enjoy subway every day! subway. eat fresh. >>> some popular bay area supermarkets are pushing back against genetically-engineered seafood. alex savidge tells us about the safety concerns behind this growing national movement. >>> whole foods market and trader joe's are among the more than 2000 stores promising not to sell genetically-engineered seafood. the retailers signed this college, part of a campaign. >> i think this is really encouraging. i think this is a big move concern the group is worried about the safety of genetically modified seafood. particularly concerned about this experimental salmon. >> we don't know defin tiffly that this animal is safe to consume. the bigger picture is we want

the researchers conducted genetics tests on 200,000 people. they discovered alterations that could play a role in the development of breast, ovarian or prostate cancer. they say certain genetic changes common in cancer patients are not seen in cancer-free individuals. they found 41 mutations characteristic of breast cancer, 23 genetic signatures of prostate cancer and two variations for ovarian cancer. sever science magazines have published the findings. the researchers say the genetic changes don't necessarily trigger cancer. but they believe each variation increases the risk. they say the study doubled the number of known genetic variants connected to cancer. and that's raising hopes for better screening for the disease. >>> health authorities in japan are struggling with an epidemic that's usually not seen in developed nations. the rubella virus is spreading. it causes a skin rash and fever. which usually goes away in a week. but if it's transmitted to pregnant women, their babies could be born with health problems. nhk world explains why t

. >>> some people could be eating genetically engineered salmon. it's awaiting approval from the fda. new at noon, tara moriarty is live with more on the grocery chains refusing to sell the fish. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. two markets here announced they will boycott this fish. one of them whole foods. this comes as a decision from the fda is immiment. there is a big figure and a little fish. the big one is genetically engineered. it grows in half of the time required by atlantic sal month. we want to to show you the company that produces this. the officer says he's disappointed but he stands by the product and says his product is safe and healthy. everyone we spoke to said they are leery of the fish and would not buy it. >> i'm so glad that they are not carrying genetically modified fish. i think it's disgusting that it even exists. i was very disappointed when people voted to -- that it doesn't have to be labeled genetically. so i'm really happy whole foods is taking a stand. >> i'm sure it might be deeper. it just doesn't sound

. >>> some people could be eating genetically engineered salmon. it's awaiting approval from the fda. new at noon, tara moriarty is live with more on the grocery chains refusing to sell the fish. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. two markets here announced they will boycott this fish. one of them whole foods. this comes as a decision from the fda is immiment. there is a big figure and a little fish. the big one is genetically engineered. it grows in half of the time required by atlantic sal month. we want to to show you the company that produces this. the officer says he's disappointed but he stands by the product and says his product is safe and healthy. everyone we spoke to said they are leery of the fish and would not buy it. >> i'm so glad that they are not carrying genetically modified fish. i think it's disgusting that it even exists. i was very disappointed when people voted to -- that it doesn't have to be labeled genetically. so i'm really happy whole foods is taking a stand. >> i'm sure it might be deeper. it just doesn't sound

there clearly are genetic risks. people do differ as a function of something that's being transmitted genetically from family to family. when you look at certain family complexes, you see these multi-generational, multi-affected families where the risk is just so high for the people becoming alcohol or drug users or abusers. certainly we know that in the alcoholism area, children of alcoholics are at about a threefold risk of becoming alcoholic themselves compared to children of non-alcoholics. and appropriate controlled studies have been done with adoptees and with twins to indicate that this is a genetically determined vulnerability. there have been very elegant studies showing that, for example, if one of the pair of identical twins is a cigarette smoker, the co-twin is more likely to be a heavy drinker. and that suggests that it's the same genes that are involved in smoking and alcohol drinking just being expressed differently in different people. so this co-occurrence may represent a general vulnerability factor

they don't know how to do basic research on genetically modified fish. yeah people should have some more questions we we sue them to try to get them to do the right thing. thankfully we have independent organizations like yours trying to keep them hold their feet to the fires and certainly the government isn't doing it. let's talk about you know the whole phrase we are what we eat i mean you mentioned this earlier that we're kind of so ignorant about what we're even eating in this country i just feel like americans especially we're so far removed from the source of our food we have no idea what nuts look like and they're and they're organic form when you take them out of the earth i mean what is this really doing to us alternately because we really are what we become the nutrients that we're picking to consume and we have no idea where they come from we're getting more and more processed food and the unprocessed food we're eating gets shipped all the way from california to the east coast. and refrigerated trucks that were supposed to be refrigerated so e

salmon, genetically engineered by a biotech firm.g up in nine minutes, the concerns it's raising, and the stores saying they won't sell it. >> bill martin is updating his forecast. he's back at 10:45 to take us through the rest of the week. >> up first, new video of the a crash that sent six people to the hospital, the illegal move that triggers this chain reaction. well, he showed up in a van. [ women ] oh-awww. [ voices in background ] [ female announcer ] swapportunity. the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a delicious 90 calorie yoplait light. ♪ sorry... about your date, the details of your date. [ female announcer ] just one swap a day helps keep the calories away. yoplait. it is so good. >>> new video tonight of an accident in oakland that sent six people to the hospital. the chp says one of its cars was heading down international boulevard when a black car just sped off in front of them, and ran a red light. the black car then hit a red car with a mother and four children inside. that collision then set the black

they don't know how to do basic research on genetically modified fish. yeah people should have some more questions we we sue them to try to get them to do the right thing. thankfully we have independent organizations like yours trying to keep them hold their feet to the fires and certainly the government isn't doing it. let's talk about you know the whole phrase we are what we eat i mean you mentioned this earlier that we're kind of so ignorant about what we're even eating in this country i just feel like americans especially we're so far removed from the source of our food we have no idea what nuts look like and they're and they're organic form when you take them out of the earth i mean what is this really doing to us alternately because we really are what we become the nutrients that we're picking to consume and we have no idea where they come from we're getting more and more processed food and the unprocessed food we're eating gets shipped all the way from california to the east coast. and refrigerated trucks that were supposed to be refrigerated so e

first of all, this fish genetically altered fish is sterile. up to 95% to 99%.is a 2% chance if it got in the water it could impregnate another wild fish. that was the first redundancy. secondly these fish are grown in fresh water far away from the ocean with no direct path to the ocean. according to the company they have--they showed us, re redundancy after redundancy the nets that would keep them from getting in the streams. it doesn't satisfy everybody but they do have those things. >> michael: this is a part of the story after this won't be told until this is more rampant. joining us is casen with greenpeace, and author of sustainable sushi, a guide to saving the ocean one bite at a time. you hear about saving the ocean you hear these things. what is your first reaction from green peace when you hear about a fish that is genetically modified and could change the way we eat. >> object terror. the idea that we're approaching fixing our food system this way is the heights of huberous. we should not alter nature. rather we should be building systems around what

salmon, genetically engineered by a biotech firm.g up in nine minutes, the concerns it's raising, and the stores saying they won't sell it. >> bill martin is updating his forecast. he's back at 10:45 to take us through the rest of t >>> new video tonight of an accident in oakland that sent six people to the hospital. the chp says one of its cars was heading down international boulevard when a black car just sped off in front of them, and ran a red light. the black car then hit a red car with a mother and four children inside. that collision then set the black car into oncoming traffic, where it crashed head on with a bmw. investigators say the two men in the black car took off on foot. they also say that fortunately, none of the injuries was life- threatening. >>> the department of forestry and fire protection says it is delaying the collection of a fee that rural homeowners pay for fire protection. it was approved by lawmakers in 2011 and effects some 825,000 homeowners. the state sent bills out between last fall and winter, but rec

. >>> growing concern over genetically engineered seafood. the significant step taken by some large u.s. retailers. >>> still a few light showers outside right now. you see the clouds. how long do they last and when do we warm up again? i'll have the time lines back in 10 minutes. l month long as one of our march featured values, the newest way to enjoy subway every day! subway. eat fresh. >>> some popular bay area supermarkets are pushing back against genetically-engineered seafood. alex savidge tells us about the safety concerns behind this growing national movement. >>> whole foods market and trader joe's are among the more than 2000 stores promising not to sell genetically-engineered seafood. the retailers signed this college, part of a campaign. >> i think this is really encouraging. i think this is a big move concern the group is worried about the safety of genetically modified seafood. particularly concerned about this experimental salmon. >> we don't know defin tiffly that this animal is safe to consume. the bigger picture is we want

is approval this will be the first genetically modified and. allowed in the u.s. for consumption this is important because this fish it sets the regulatory precedent for every g.m.o. animal after it consumer watchdog groups say not so fast a concern that she shares with them this modified fish could escape into the wild survive and actually reproduce there they say that they were only going to create the female salmon for now with three sets of d.n.a. instead of the normal two rendering the fish infertile and ninety five percent of the cases the non-sterile fish may still reproduce with real fish in the wild creating untold amounts of damage in the environment. without human labeling consumers would not be able to avoid the new fish when it arrives in grocery stores and fish markets to really want to eat something that's genetic integrity is so questionable the company making it is afraid it will reproduce with a real fish. the next time you're at that fancy work at a grocery store about to purchase an expensive piece of salmon you may want to ask yourself is this

. >> there's a growing backlash against genetically engineered seafood.y promised not to sell genetically, engineered seafood, friends of the arth. this is earth. >> the group is worried about the safety of modified seafood created by aqua bounty technologies. >> i think the bigger picture is that we want better safety assessment for this and any other netically engineered animals. if it gets approval, it will be the first genetically engineered animals. >> they say their fish is safe and healthy. >> at this trader joes, shoppers had opinions on this pledge. >> i think it's a really good idea. because we enjoy salmon and we have a taste for it, i think it's going to wake us up to, okay, where is the salmon going to come from? >> it's technology, not any more than that. >> along with a health concerns, critics also think these lab created salmon could eventually pose a risk to wild salmon populations. >>> and apple products may look the rumor, it says apple may unveil the ipad five five is, and the iphone five. this information is from an inside source at

totally genetically-modified. when you eat corn syrup, it is mostly from genetically-modified corn.u eat even tofu, it is mostly in the u.s. from genetically-modified soybeans. most of the canola oil you buy it is from genetically-modified. the problem is this would be the very first time that you're not heat treating, grinding up, processing the food and when i look at the data that the company provided, fda has not done any testing of its own. they just trust you know, that the company -- well, the company has to test -- one of the things they have to test genetically-modified food for is does it cause more allergies? the company tested six fish. of the kind we're going to eat and it looks like they're going to produce more allergies but the fda says oh, lots of people are allergic to salmon already so they won't -- but if you're just a little allergic, not a whole lot more but six fish isn't even high school science project. the company and the fda says this is good science. well, it's not. >> let's say you're someone who's not well-informed on this issue and you ask yourself, wh

somebody genetic. earlier this month instructions were sent out to chicago public schools demanding that all copies of this book were no longer to be found in classrooms and libraries although this ban was later downplayed to just a bounce around to seven graders it's currently being debated whether or not this novel should also be bad for children in the eighth ninth and tenth grades now initially was speculated that education system officials were concerned with the message of islam a phobia being sent out by this book and that the feelings of muslim students could be heard but later the announce that in fact they were more concerned about some of the graphic language and graphic images depicted in this book and although there are certainly some scenes surrounding topics such as violence sex and torture critics say that really nothing in this book is not something that students in chicago. we have already seen on t.v. news and more sadly in their neighborhoods here in chicago they're saying that poss

they won the genetic lottery. the universal attraction that comes with near perfection symmetry. if the distance between your ears is almost exactly two times wider between the distance of your eyes? strangers will want to mate with you. because symmetry equals health. but while our biological definition of gorgeous is unchanging, today's models also won the fashion lottery with rules that change through time and culture. the mona lisa might have a tough time getting booked for "vogue" today and cameron would be way too skinny this model for the renaissance masters. but being born into a culture where tall and thin is in, can create body image angst, even among the women in the pictures. >> you just need to meet a group of models. they have the most shiny hair and thinnest thighs and they're the most unhappy women on the planet. >> i am promoting an ideal that's maybe not attainable. and for that, i have to feel guilty and assume some blame for that. >> would you ever consider leaving the industry out of principle? >> no. i mean, i don't think fashion is evil. i think some people

it effects the biotech industry they're trying to introduce new genetically modified crops typically they break the laws in order to get these crops to the market without doing proper environmental impact statements and this is why they had to stop the introduction of rounds are pretty alfalfa in the past and they had to face lawsuits and court court statements that was how we would stop the introduction of sugar beets now ever had. with this provision even if the court tells the u.s.d.a. you have introduced a genetically modified crops illegally and you must stop and introduce a proper evaluation of the environmental impact this measure tells us da that they are mandatory that they're required to go ahead and allow farmers to plant it and wave their finger so to speak at the courts so it actually this members of normal balances of power and checks and balances between the courts and the executive branch now from what i understand after a this provision will only last as long as this bill does so just about a year or so so what harm could one year really do considering the fact that

>> some leukemias are genetically based. obviously you aren't getting it from anyone else. you get it mainly in childhood. we are very concerned today about adults that get it. only 30% respond to initial treatment. it is miserable if they don't want to initial treatment. what do you do next? the way chemotherapy works, eric, is simple -- you try to poison the cancer more than you poison body and you attack rapidly growing cells. you can see what the problem is. all the rapidly dwrgrowing cellf the body are in trouble. that's why you get all the side effects. with targeted therapy -- ims health says we're spending $75 billion by this on 2015, that he the wave of the future. in this case they took a cell that usually attacks viruses or attacks cancer called a t-cell. they took it out of thebody, engineered it, put it back in and programmed it to attack cancer as though it is a foreign invader. our problem with cancer is we don't see it as foreign. now we see it as foreign and that's why we had a tremendous response rate in people who already had not responded to therapies. >

at the kaiser research center in the east bay technician treat saliva sample a bit like genetic goldmple donated from more than 100,000 members helped create one of the most unique dna databases in the country. >> power is really unprecedented. >>reporter: co-director katie says the project builds on massive archive of medical records kaiser collected on men for decades. >> include diagnosis of diseas disease. it includes surgical and other kinds of procedures that people would have had done. includes really comprehensive pharmacy information. >>reporter: then several years ago researchers from kaiser teamed up with klaeing at uc sf to turn the treasure trove of medical my nution a into searc searchable database. idea was that scientist could cross-check for clue possibly linking disease to factors ranging from die tote race to environment. but at the last minute they added one extra component. the saliva sample. with a 25 million dollar grant from the federal government researchers have now been able to analyze the dna in this is sample turning an already valuable tool into a kind o

they thought what you were about to purchase was genetically modified or that what you were about to eat was even safe for human consumption if your answer is no it's probably because you live in the united states where food sellers and producers are not required to label foods that have been genetically modified not only that but testing of g.m.o. foods isn't required either now when discussing jimbo's it was always one main that gets dropped monsanto monsanto is the principal player against the push to require label that part of the labeling for g.m.o. foods in the u.s. and despite countless international lawsuits against the agro giant it seems that the playing field is always shaped in favor of the big corporations. so to try to highlight so to try to highlight why you should care about the comfortable attitude this government has on g.m.o. foods and just how much influence monsanto really has over washington i'm going to revisit a few segments that highlight just that starting with an interview with jeffrey smith author of the book seeds of deception where we first asked him jus

genetically-modified foods are produced by crops that have had specific changes to their dna. often designed to make them grow faster. now, whole foods is telling suppliers, if they're using gmo ingredients they need to say on the label. customers are demanding the move. even saying suppliers who advertise gmo free have seen sales increase. the u.s. food and drug administration has long rule that so-called frankenfoods are safe and no different from other foods. independent research backs that up. but will the move strike a chord with shoppers? >> i just think they don't know enough. >> farmers were fine before they were genetically modified organisms. >> about 30% of processed foods has gmo ingredients in it. tonight, david, even though the government said they're okay, not all consumers are convinced. >> lots of question. the question is, will other markets follow suit? linzie great to have you tonight. >>> still much more ahead on "world news" this saturday night -- the mother in tears as she described what happened after she said they took bathtub photos of the children. t

we were on our way to a genetics meeting, and we took time to explore, and it was beautiful.ever been to the cascades. >> did your friend know you were having a conversion moment? >> he had no idea. it was personal. wasas not something i sharing with the guy that was there with me. had that moment? >> i had this very clear sense of personal commitment and a crossedion that i had the bridge into becoming what i had thought i would never become a believer in a personal god. >> was there anything else going on in your life that may have helped you get to this point? >> i think this realization, as a physician, life and death is all around you. this is a really important question. this is not something to put off indefinitely as i may be had planned to do. here, as a scientist, i was looking at all of these interesting things about how nature works and how human biology is wired, but what is a more important question than if there is a god? it seemed like one that needed an answer. >> going back to crossed christr hitchens, where he may have changed his mind at the end. he was te

he has been working with doctors there to analyze data related to genetics and organ health. not everybody is a fan of big data. tall ib said big data may mean more information but it also means more false information. i'm pleased to have jeff hammerbacher here at this table for the first time. welcome. >> thank you, dharlie. >> rose: your is an interesting life. so let's talk a little bit about that first. or we at least think so. >> i appreciate that. born in indiana, born in michigan, moved to indiana when i was five. yeah. >> rose: were you because of an extraordinary success you had in the tech world where one of those people who were drawn to mathematics, to code, to doing things in the computer science world? >> sure, yeah, when i was in second grade even i was pulled out of the regular math courses and placed in a accelerated math program in my elementary school. and by 5th grade they brought in a professor from local university to work with me on some higher level math. so it was always something that other people recognized in me and always something that i really e

a third maxtor to cover the first day to ban abortions sought to to genetic abnormalities. we will have more on the broadcast on north dakota with the head of the state's only clinic and a republican lawmaker opposed to the new laws. former cia director david petraeus has apologized publicly for the extramarital affair that forced him to resign last november. his speech tuesday to military veterans and rotc students at the university of southern california is seen as a possible step by petraeus toward a new career in the private sector. before leaving the cia, petraeus directed troops in iraq and afghanistan. he apologized for the affair he had with his biographer paula broadwell. >> i join you keenly aware that i am regarded in a different light now than i was a year ago. i'm also keenly aware the reason for my recent journey was my own doing. so please allow me to begin my remarks this evening by reiterating how deeply i regret and apologize for the circumstances that led to my resignation from the cia and caused such pain for my family, friends, and supporters. >> presid

the brain isn't simply created by genetics and it's very much shaped by environment. and so my mentor john monaghan likened the problem of predicting violent people to predicting violent storms. when you think of meteorology, you think of the difficulty of classifying a hurricane and tracking a hurricane, making judgments about such complex behavior that has sort of chaotic premises underlying it, you're going to make lots of mistakes. you're going to make lots of mistakes in both directions. sometimes you're going to make a mistake when you think the storm is going to hit and it doesn't and sometimes you're going to make mistakes where you think the storm is not going to hit and it does. and i think one of the great challenges, quite frankly, for the legal system, is understanding statistics well enough to make that judgment about where you draw that line that anita was referring to about where do you want to avoid the errors. you want to avoid the errors, a category five hurricane is going to hit miami but there is only a 40% likelihood that that hurricane is going

cloning in general is creating two identical -- genetically identical organisms.n a test tube. so they take the ideal genetic information from that ideal mouse that they want to replicate and then they insert that into an egg, which has had its nucleus removed. so then you have this egg with the ideal genetic information, place it in a test tube, and then that divides and once it gets to a stage where it's in the embryo form, it's implanted into the surrogate mother and the mother has the baby, and it just continues. there's 25 consecutive genetic cloning cycles. >> and they're all identical. >> exactly the same. what i want to highlight is somatic cell nuclear transfer. that's what it's called. >> were you a high school teacher? >> i actually was. i taught biology. you're so smart, don. but, i'll stop the geek talk. but what is really important here? it's not so much the technique as it is the endless potential. >> what's the ethical concern here? >> always a consideration. always something that any time you have ground breaking scientific discoveries or breakthr

federal courts and being able to halt the sale or plant of genetically engineered crops even if they fail to be approved by the government's own weak approval process and no matter what the health or environmental consequences might be as you can imagine the passing of h.r. nine thirty three has biotech companies like monsanto jumping for joy food democracy now an organization that campaigned against h r nine thirty three writes that since losing a court case in two thousand and ten to the center for food safety for the unlawful planting of g.m.o. sugar beets on santo and other. biotech companies have been desperate to find a way around court mandated environmental impact statements required as a result of a u.s. district court's ruling so now monsanto is free to develop plant and sell all sorts of genetically modified foods without fear of being sued or prosecutor if they fail to abide by the federal government's health safety and environmental standards but just how did this teeny tiny provision get inserted into this big appropriations bill in the first place that's where missouri

at the kaiser research center technicians treat saliva samples like genetic gold wrk good reason. samples creates one of the unique data bases in the country. >> power is unples pres dented. >> the project builds on archives of medical records on members for decades. >> includes surgical and other procedure that's people would have had done includes comprehensive pharmacy information. >> then, several years ago, researchers teamed up to turn that into a searchable data base. idea was that they can cross check it for clues but at the last minute they added one component. the saliva samples. with a $25 million grant researchers have been able to analyze dna turbing a tool into a kind of genetic search engine. >> there is a unique opportunity to try to link that with the new genetic information. >> he says analysis took more than a year with computers and equipment running 25 hours per day. but the results could benefit research into a wide cross section of disease autos things like heart disease, hypertension and diabetes. >> because it includes information on habits along with wher

this is an experience, except for the last sentence, which is for me as a genetics professor. so here we go. ♪ ♪ i came i bought the books lived in the dorms followed directions made lotsudy hard, of friends who had connections -- i worked, studied hard in a fairsay, not way than this, ih more did it their way ♪ [applause] now why did you do that? >> oh, goodness. i grew up in a musical family, and music has always been for me a break from the seriousness of life, whether it is a joyful song or a silly song. it is a way to use another part of your brain and relate to people, and as a medical school professor at the university of michigan, also learned that medical students are not so easy to keep interested, -- i also learned that medical students are not so easy to keep interested. for medical students, when it seems they were reading their newspapers or starting to sleep or maybe not show up for class at all. >> you were horn -- home schooled for how long? years. my mother had a master's degree from yale, which is where she met my father. it was unusual for her to be in grad