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Show Notes
We stand at a monumental precipice. After a two-thousand-year quest, we have finally cracked the code that governs our lives: the gene. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee masterfully unravels this epic history, from a forgotten monk’s garden to the revolutionary gene-editing tools of today. Weaving science with his own family’s intimate story of mental illness, The Gene asks the most profound question of our time: Now that we can read and rewrite our own genetic story, what kind of humans will we choose to become?
Topics
GeneticsDNAHeredityHistory of ScienceHuman GenomeCRISPRGene TherapyGenetic EngineeringEugenicsBioethicsNature vs. NurtureGenetic DiseasesEvolutionMedical HistoryIdentityBiotechnologyMutationChromosomesPopular ScienceNarrative Nonfiction