The Gene: An Intimate History traces the evolution of genetics as researchers race to identify treatments for genetic diseases, such as cancer and sickle cell anemia, and to perfect tools for rewriting DNA. Art credit: pbs.org/thegene
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Episode 1
The Gene: An Intimate History interweaves the story of the revolution in modern genetic science with stories from the frontlines of medicine, featuring patients, and researchers racing to cure the errors in their DNA that afflict them.
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Episode 2
As scientists learn to read the genetic code, they grapple with the dangers inherent in increasingly sophisticated and easily available methods of intervening in the very essence of what makes us human, our DNA.
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Nancy Wexler | Haunted by a Gene
Nancy Wexler reveals that she has inherited the disease she has spent her life studying.
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The Gene Explained | Gene Filled Donuts
How DNA's mysterious instructions buried in a gene become the actual nose on a face.
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The Gene Explained | Gene Strike!
Take a peek into the body's war room during the heat of battle with cancer.
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The Gene Explained | Gene Whiz! It's a Boy!
If you're curious about the origin of boys, look no further than the Y chromosome.
David Costabile
Chris Durrance
Jack Youngelson
Ken Burns
