What One Journalist Is Learning From Exploring His Genome Sequence

These days, if you're interested in getting genetic testing done, it's pretty easy, either through a doctor or a company like 23andMe. But having your entire genome sequenced — and mining the raw data — is another thing altogether.

Journalist Carl Zimmer, who's been reporting on DNA sequencing and the human genome for more than 20 years, recently did just that.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks with Zimmer, a national correspondent at the health and medicine publication STAT, about what he's learned from the scientists who've been exploring his genome sequence.

Carl Zimmer, national correspondent at STAT and author of the series "Game Of Genomes." He tweets @carlzimmer.