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True, right? >> the troops in the room certainly know. they are writing their field reports and all of that information coming back to washington. i think it will be a few days before there is complete clarity as to what went on in the final minutes. i'm sure some people know whether they are going to release all the details publicly remains to be seen. these navy s.e.a.l.s. have very specialized weapons and tactics of doing what they do. they don't want to release a lot of information and give away a lot of trade secrets for the next time they have to do this. barbara starr, live at the pen...

Able to confirm a match very, very quickly. >> yeah, you know, typically when you're talking about dna sequencing that's the process that can take a long time, really sequencing someone's entire genome. this is different. what they're doing here is they're trying to actually look at -- trying to create a match here. so you know, if you look at most people, you know, we share about 99% of our dna. that's in common. so instead they're focusing on areas that are different between people. if you have some reference samples, for example, people who are relatives, in this case of bin laden, you star...

Your sequence genal cost about $5,000. just a phenomenal change in our ability to collect the information. and a considerable change in our ability to understand it. although we still have a long way to go. >> do you think anything will come out of this to really shatter some of that or completely change the way we live our lives? >> a lot of our prescription for staying healthy is generic in terms of eat right, exercise, don't smoke. take advantage of various medical surveillance programs. but it's generic. it's not individualized on the basis of your specific risks. one problem is people ten...

Development and everything else that added up to about $3 billion. now, here we are in 2010, and to sequence your genome right now costs about $10,000. just a phenomenal change in our ability to collect that information and a considerable change in our ability to understand it, although we still have a long way to go. >> is there anything you think comes out of this to really shatter some of that or completely change the way that we live our lives? >> a lot of our prescription nor staying healthy is pretty generic in terms of eat right, exercise, don't smoke. take advantage of various medical ...