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This week, the National Institutes of Health announces the completion of its 15-year effort to map and sequence the human genome. We'll talk about what this achievement means for the future of medicine and science.
Dr. Elias Zerhouni, director of the National Institutes of Health
Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute
Diane and her guests talk about the magic of reading and the wonder of romantic awakening as explored in Dai Sijie's story. Set in China during the Cultural Revolution, Sijie's tale follows two city boys exiled to a remote mountain village for re-education, where they meet the daughter of the local tailor and discover a hidden stash of Western classics in Chinese translation.
Kate Lehrer, author, most recently of "Confessions of a Bigamist."
Deirdre Donahue, "USA Today"
David Lampton, professor of China studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
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