Jury in LA finds prominent geneticist guilty of molestation

July 21st, 2006

World-renowned geneticist William French Anderson was once a runner-up for Time magazine's Man of the Year for his role in developing gene therapy, a promising yet controversial treatment that involves injecting healthy genes into sick patients.

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