but for loredana quadro, time is running out. she has received some bridge funding from her university and continues to work on grants, including to the n.i.h. would you ever consider leaving this field? >> it's a very difficult question. if somebody doesn't get funded for five years, you are automatically out of the picture. it would be very tough to go back in. and if this happens i will have to make a decision. >> sreenivasan: you can hear from the director at the national institutes of health about why genetic research is key to the future of medicine. watch the interview on our website at pbs.org/newshour. if you've got a company smartphone, there's a chance you're being tracked by your bosses. more and more companies are reportedly using g.p.s. technology to track employees even when they're off the clock. one worker who turned off the g.p.s. tracker in her phone got fired. now she's taking her ex- employers to court. "washington post" reporter brian fung joins me now with more on this from washington, d.c. brian fung, many

. >> hi i am cathy quadros, that was my mother she owns the apartment at 934 carolina street. i lived on this block on carolina in my childhood and as an adult. as with my parent's tradition, i am now the hands on manager of their apartment building and come up to potrero hill on a weekly basis. i am deeply concerned about the trend of monster homes. i continue to see small charming homes replaced with massive homes. please note that three of the neighboring buildings, my mothers and mrs. sniders and mrs. larsons have a multi-generational history. these families for generations have lived on carolina and raised their families here and want to keep that tradition alive. mrs. larson and my mother have had affordable housing for families over the years. they have stringent processes under rent control. they can't easily tear down their buildings and replace with a massive building and not that that is their intention. and to make a reasonable return on their investment. in reality the playing field in san francisco real estate is not level. and these apartments are under threat t