Ken Burns Presents The Gene: An Intimate History Format:DVD As part of a teaching

As part of a teaching exercise for his inmate students

And pays no mind to the notion that Egypt's last undiscovered treasure may carry a curse -- and perhaps that there may be some black marketeers eager to sustain the illusion of such a curse in a fashion as terrifying as any scary ancient legend

Thirty years after her tragic death

talent and style

keeps it secret from son and daughter

Ken Burns Presents The Gene: An Intimate History Format:DVD As part of a teachingScientific genetics holds at once the promise of eradicating disease and the threat of altering the very essence of what it means to be human. The Gene: An Intimate History traces the dizzying evolution of this new science as researchers race to identify treatments for genetic diseases, such as cancer and sickle cell anemia, and to perfect tools for rewriting DNA. Art credit: pbs. org thegene