We will watch via the PBS website and chat/discuss via Zoom. Laura and Kate have selected a 30 minute segment from part 1, and another segment from part 2. The series also tackles the daunting ethical challenges that these technologies pose for humankind. The series tells the story of the rapid evolution of genetic science from Gregor Mendel’s groundbreaking experiment in the 19th century to CRISPR, and the hope that newfound powers to alter DNA with pinpoint precision will transform the treatment of some of the world’s most complex and challenging diseases. Two of our colleagues, Laura Milko and Kate Saylor have organized a remote watch party of “The Gene: An Intimate History,” a major new four-hour documentary from Ken Burns and Barak Goodman, adapted from the award-winning book of the same name by Dr.
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