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The Gene (Omnibus)

The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Omnibus)

Drama: Biographical

Factual: Science & Nature

The Gene

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Omnibus)

Glimpses into the the history and future of one of the most powerful ideas in science.

A history of mental illness in the author's family frames this intimate history of the gene.  Read by Raj Ghatak.

Siddhartha Mukherjee is a cancer physician and researcher, a stem cell biologist and cancer geneticist.  He is also author of The Emperor of All Maladies, a biography of cancer which won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction, and the Guardian first book award.

He is assistant professor of Medicine at Columbia University.

Written by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Read by Raj Ghatak
Abridged and Produced by Jill Waters
A Waters Company Production for BBC Radio 4

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