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Siddhartha Mukherjee on what makes us human

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Is Cellular Biology the Next Big Thing?

Every medicine that we ever invent depends on understanding the biology of a cell. Why you get coronary disease and then heart disease is actually a cellular question. I'm also interested in, will the focus of research in cellular biology enable us to make progress in things that matter to everyday people? You talk toward the end of the book about the ethical dilemmas that are thrown up particularly by processes such as gene editing. But solving why obesity exists seems to be a question of vital importance to everyone.

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