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#124: March 23, 2008

Knowledge Fight

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The Black Woman's Blood Engenetic Material

Kevin anderson, 36, has worked as a film maker for over ten years. In his infancy he was diagnosed with a rare genetic conditiona commonly referred to as p k u - where the body cannot properly break down protein. He's taken medicine and followed a special low protein diet but recently stumbled across a video that showed what would happen if he had never treated his condition. By every account, newborn screening is one of modernity's biggest medical success stories.

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