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A New Genetic Map That Could Make Your Skin Crawl

Season 2012 Episode 1660 | 7m 27s

Very little has been known about the trillions of bacteria and other micro-organisms in our bodies. But now, scientists with the Human Microbiome Project have completed the first microbial map of healthy humans. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Dr. Eric Green, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute.

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