It's Hepatitis B, a virus that left untreated can cause deadly liver cancer, disproportionately affects Asian Americans in California. Now Hepatitis B has been virtually eliminated in children in America through vaccination. But one in ten Asian Americans isinfected by it. Why are so many Asian Americans dying from a disease that can be prevented?Reporter: Sarah Varney
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Stanford Asian Liver Center
: The Asian Liver Center at Stanford University is the only non-profit organization in the United States that addresses the high incidence of hepatitis B and liver cancer in Asians and Asian-Americans.
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CDC fact sheet (PDF)
: A Centers for Disease Control fact sheet about Hepatitis B with a focus on the disease burden among Asian Americans.
A national conference in Oakland this weekend is focusing on the future of race-based medicine. The goal is to figure out how genomics can be used to tailor disease prevention and treatment based on people's race and ethnicity. Guest: Raymond Rodriguez, professor of molecular and cellular biology at UC-Davis.
Music Bridge #1: "Hell Yes" by Beck, from "Guero" (Interscope)
It's 25 years ago this week that the personal computer hit the market. Life would never be quite the same here in California. After that quarter-century of history, there's another meaning to the phrase, "computer memory."Reporter: David Gorn
End Music: "Elephant Ride" by State of Bengal, from "The Rough Guide to the Asian Underground" (World Music Network)
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