List of episodes of the series «The Gene: An Intimate History»
- Seasons count: 1
- Episodes count: 2
- Total viewing time: 3 h. 50 m.
Release date: 4/7/2020
Dawn of the Modern Age of Genetics
- Episode number: 1
- Episode duration: 115 min.
- Episode description: 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 of the early pioneers in genetics. This episode also tracks the dark period in human history when a little genetic knowledge was used to justify terrifying human experiments.
Release date: 4/14/2020
Revolution in the Treatment of Disease
- Episode number: 2
- Episode duration: 115 min.
- Episode description: Part Two begins with the story of the signature scientific achievement of our time: the mapping of the human genome. 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.