Can Barack Obama Enrich Ties with India?
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When President Obama arrives in India, he’ll find a country growing four times faster than the US and relishing its new role as an international competitor. We look at the challenges and possible benefits of his visit to Mumbai and Delhi. Also, the US economy adds jobs in October. On Reporter's Notebook, ten years ago, two human genomes had been sequenced at the cost of $2 billion. By the end of next year, it’ll be 30,000 and the cost is dropping toward $1000 each. We hear learn more about the revolution called "personalized medicine."
Banner image: A billboard welcoming US President Barack Obama is seen in Mumbai on November 4, 2010. Photo: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images
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Can Barack Obama Enrich Ties with India? ()
Indians had a love affair with Bill Clinton. George Bush treated India like an international partner. Barack Obama has been complaining about outsourcing American jobs. On top of that, with a contingent including 250 business leaders and the Secretary of Commerce, the US President has timed his arrival during Diwali, the biggest commercial holiday of the year and shops are closed because of security. We hear about trade and diplomacy, Pakistan and China, coconuts and monkeys.
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- Tinku Ray: Host, BBC's 'World Briefing'
- Gunjan Bagla: Managing Director, Amritt
- Paula Newberg: Director, Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy
- Ashley Tellis: Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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The $1,000 Genome and 'Personalized Medicine' ()
It took $2 billion and ten years to complete the Human Genome Project. Now, just ten years later, many individuals have had their genomes sequenced, and the cost keeps dropping. Kevin Davies is editor of Bio-IT World, which covers the role of technology in the life sciences. He's also the author of The $1000 Genome: The Revolution in DNA Sequencing and the New Era of Personalized Medicine.
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- Kevin Davies: Editor-in-Chief, Bio-IT World
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