Name: Ken Burns Presents The Gene: An Intimate History
Released: 2020-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: David Costabile

TV Show · Documentary · Educational

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

2020 · 1h 53m

Starring David Costabile

Director Chris Durrance, Jack Youngelson

EPISODE 1

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.

52m
EPISODE 2

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.

51m
EPISODE 201

Nancy Wexler | Haunted by a Gene

Nancy Wexler reveals that she has inherited the disease she has spent her life studying.

5m
EPISODE 202

The Gene Explained | Gene Filled Donuts

How DNA's mysterious instructions buried in a gene become the actual nose on a face.

2m
EPISODE 203

The Gene Explained | Gene Strike!

Take a peek into the body's war room during the heat of battle with cancer.

2m
EPISODE 204

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.

2m