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DNA: Read Whole or in Part

DNA: Read Whole or in Part

Did you know that the DNA found within each gene can be read whole or in part, producing different results? It’s as if the exact same phrases and sentences that provide the instructions for making the legs of a chair could be rearranged to make the seat or the armrests.
Clip Length 00:52 Premiere: 3/4/20

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Funding for KEN BURNS PRESENTS THE GENE: AN INTIMATE HISTORY has been provided by Genentech, 23andMe, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Gray Foundation, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) & Conquer Cancer Foundation, Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation, Craig and Susan McCaw Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The Outreach and Education Partner is National Institutes of Health, National Human Genome Research Institute. Outreach support is provided by Foundation Medicine.

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The Gene

About The Gene

“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 treatments, interwoven with a compelling history of the discoveries that made this possible and the ethical challenges raised by the ability to edit DNA with precision.

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Part 2: Revolution in the Treatment of Disease
S1 E2 Length 1:54:10 Premiere Date 4/14/20

Part 1: Dawn of the Modern Age of Genetics
S1 E1 Length 1:54:09 Premiere Date 4/7/20

The Gene Preview
Clip Length 04:40 Premiere Date 10/18/19

Specials

The Gene Explained | The Gene That Transformed
Length 03:09 Premiere Date 4/23/21

The Gene Explained | Gene Damage
Length 03:25 Premiere Date 4/23/21

The Gene Explained | Is That a Banana in Your Genes?
Length 03:21 Premiere Date 4/23/21

The Gene Explained | Invasion of the Gene Snatchers
Length 03:01 Premiere Date 4/23/21

The Gene Explained | A Big Wooly Gene
Length 03:00 Premiere Date 4/23/21

The Gene Explained | Gene Strike!
Length 02:24 Premiere Date 4/1/20

The Gene Explained | Gene Filled Donuts
Length 02:14 Premiere Date 4/1/20

The Gene Explained | Gene Whiz! It's a Boy!
Length 02:49 Premiere Date 4/1/20

The Gene Explained | Super Gene
Length 02:58 Premiere Date 4/1/20

The Gene Explained | Good Genes Gone Bad
Length 02:58 Premiere Date 4/1/20

The Gene Explained | What the Gene Is That?
Length 03:06 Premiere Date 4/1/20

Nancy Wexler | Haunted by a Gene
Length 05:20 Premiere Date 3/11/20

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