Prologue: Families -- The "missing science of heredity" 1865-1935 -- "In the sum of the parts, there are only the parts" 1930-1970 -- "The dreams of geneticists" 1970-2001 -- "The proper study of ...

“The Gene: An Intimate History” brings vividly to life the story of today’s revolution in medical science through present-day tales of patients and doctors at the forefront of the search for genetic ...

How much of identity, temperament and the risk of disease are determined before we're born — by our genes? We got some answers from Siddhartha Mukherjee, a doctor whose latest book traces the history ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Ken Burns is digging into our collective family history. The legendary documentarian is collaborating with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee on a new ...

Part One interweaves the present-day story of the Rosens, a young family on an odyssey to find a cure for their four-year-old daughter’s rare genetic disease, with stories of the exciting discoveries ...