CBS Evening News - 2000-06-26
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[0:02] Following the genetic road map,
[0:04] destination unknown. Scientists unveil
[0:07] the human genome with hopes for a
[0:10] medical revolution and fears of misused
[0:13] knowledge. A trillion reasons to smile.
[0:17] America's good fortune leads to plans
[0:20] that could help everyone. And secret
[0:23] files opened to reveal who knew what
[0:27] about the Holocaust threat against
[0:29] Europe's Jews.
[0:35] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:38] Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:41] headquarters in New York.
[0:43] Good evening. History will mark this day
[0:45] as a milestone in medicine and science.
[0:48] Researchers have decoded the human
[0:50] genome. That's the sequence of billions
[0:53] of DNA fragments that are the recipe for
[0:55] humankind. This breakthrough knowledge
[0:58] about our genes is expected to
[1:00] revolutionize the diagnosis, treatment,
[1:03] and prevention of disease. It also
[1:05] raises questions about what is medically
[1:08] possible, desirable, and ethical. CBS's
[1:11] in-depth coverage begins with Elizabeth
[1:13] Callan.
[1:16] It's what makes us all alike and unique
[1:19] at the same time, our genetic code. And
[1:22] scientists today, along with President
[1:24] Clinton, announced they have cracked
[1:26] that code for the first time.
[1:28] Today we are learning the language in
[1:30] which God created life.
[1:32] And what is that language? It's called
[1:35] the human genome. In simplest terms, a
[1:37] genetic instruction manual for life. We
[1:40] develop as human beings because each and
[1:42] every one of our genes comes with
[1:44] instructions on what function it should
[1:46] perform, from building bones to muscle
[1:48] to skin and hair.
[1:50] Those genetic instructions found in our
[1:52] DNA are s