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Institutes of health in bethesda, maryland is dr. Francis collins, National Institutes of health director. To be with glad you, and great to have a chance to chat at the beginning of a new decade. Steve joining us with the question is Kimberly Leonard, who covers Health Policy issues for the washington examiner, and Health Reporter Jayne Odonnell of usa today. I want to begin because this june marks the 20th anniversary of decoding the genes that make up the human body. Two decades later, where are we . Dr. Collins where do i begin . It has been taking that own insight into our human instructi...

Dr. Collins my goodness. Where do i begin . It has been an amazing couple decades of taking that own insight into our human instruction book and beginning to figure out how to read it, written in this strange language with just four letters in the alphabet, and how to apply that to some basic lessons about how life works and how we can use that information to advance medical care. If you look at the place where genomics has become central to biomedical research, you cannot find a place where that is not the case. Everyone is using a variety of approaches to understand phenomenal questions abou...

Members of the public are reminded a individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called and present it to our executive assistant. Members of the public have two minutes to address the board and the time is set by the president. Importantly according to board rules and pressures, speaker cards will not be accepted for an item already before the board. Number two, superintendents report. Thank you. Good evening, everyone. The San Francisco Unified School District is now providing childcare for the regular board meetings. [applause] its beginning right now. [laughter] and spac...

Members of the public are reminded a individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called and present it to our executive assistant. Members of the public have two minutes to address the board and the time is set by the president. Importantly according to board rules and pressures, speaker cards will not be accepted for an item already before the board. Number two, superintendents report. Thank you. Good evening, everyone. The San Francisco Unified School District is now providing childcare for the regular board meetings. [applause] its beginning right now. [laughter] and spac...

Members of the public are reminded a individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called and present it to our executive assistant. Members of the public have two minutes to address the board and the time is set by the president. Importantly according to board rules and pressures, speaker cards will not be accepted for an item already before the board. Number two, superintendents report. Thank you. Good evening, everyone. The San Francisco Unified School District is now providing childcare for the regular board meetings. [applause] its beginning right now. [laughter] and spac...