The world's leading genetic scientists discuss the revolution in genetics that is transforming medical science. In this podcast, recorded at the 2008 International Achievement Summit in Hawaii, award-winning journalist Kathleen Matthews moderates the discussion and introduces the panelists: Dr. Francis S. Collins, the former Director of the National Center for Human Genome Research (now Director of the National Institutes of Health) who led the successful effort to sequence the human genome; James A. Thomson, one of the first scientists to successfully culture human stem cells; Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, the first scientist to successfully revert adult human skin cells to their stem cell state; Dr. Elias Zerhouni, the outgoing Director of the National Institutes of Health. They are joined by the brilliant neurosurgeon Benjamin S. Carson.