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Last year the FDA approved BiDil, a drug intended for African-American patients with heart failure. But it's not clear if there's any scientific basis for race-specific medicine. On today's edition of our weekly Underreported feature, we'll ask if racism is embedded in modern medicine, and find out how black patients are affected. We're joined by Robert Pollack, the director of Columbia's Center for the Study of Science & Religion, and Patricia Williams, professor of law at Columbia University and a columnist at The Nation.

Music: The Secret Agent Soundtrack, Tracks 3, 2, and 5