Siddhartha Mukherjee: The song of the cell

A doctor, a scientist, an entrepreneur, and a Pulitzer
Prize-winning author is Siddhartha Mukherjee. His new book is
called 'The Song of the Cell, An Exploration of Medicine and the
New Human'. Siddhartha Mukherjee is a cancer physician and
researcher. He is an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia
University and a staff cancer physician at Columbia University
Medical Center. A Rhodes scholar, he graduated from Stanford
University, University of Oxford, Harvard Medical School. He has
published articles in Nature, The New England Journal of
Medicine, The New York Times, and The New Republic.


 


You can view our transcript here:
https://files.genomicsengland.co.uk/documents/Podcast-transcripts/Siddhartha-Mukherjee.docx 


 


"A gene, as you know, is extraordinarily important. It's a
carrier of information. But it's lifeless. Without a cell, a gene
is a molecule, a cell brings it to life."


 


Today on The G Word, Parker Moss, our Chief Partnership Officer
is joined by Siddhartha Mukherjee. They Discuss Siddhartha's new
book release covering some of the main insights into his lab
research and personal life. They also discuss other scientific
areas of research .