Kwame Christian: Siddhartha Mukherjee's latest book, The Emperor of All Maladies, was about the quest to cure cancer. He says he thinks people are curious and want to know what is going on in cell biology. Why do you think your work has resonated with such a large audience? KwameChristian: Don't underestimate readers; bring them into it and they'll come with you.
Siddhartha Mukherjee is an oncologist, professor, researcher, and biotech entrepreneur. He’s also a writer, and a fine one at that. His first book, “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,” won a Pulitzer Prize. His second, “The Gene: An Intimate History,” shot to the top of the New York Times bestseller list and was made into a documentary by Ken Burns. In his latest book, “The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human,” he says our radical new ability to manipulate cells is changing how we treat everything from Alzheimer’s to cancer.
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