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DNA & Drugs

NPR | By Joanne Silberner

Published April 23, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on the way genetic differences affect the way drugs react in individuals and how it can affect their lives. This is the second part in Morning Edition's four-part series on the discovery of the structure of DNA.

Joanne Silberner

Joanne Silberner is a health policy correspondent for National Public Radio. She covers medicine, health reform, and changes in the health care marketplace.

See stories by Joanne Silberner