Cancer, Evolution and the Science of Life – with Kat Arney

Cancer has been with us since the dawn of time, but it was only in the twentieth century that doctors and scientists made any significant progress in understanding and treating it.
Kat’s book ‘Rebel Cell’ is available now on Amazon: https://geni.us/qGShaa6
Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/5bOh40mwR58

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Kat holds a degree in natural sciences and a PhD in developmental genetics from Cambridge University, and has spent more than 15 years working in science journalism and communication. She’s an award-winning science writer, broadcaster and public speaker. She is the author of ‘How to Code a Human’ (https://geni.us/fiXsmn) and the critically acclaimed ‘Herding Hemingway’s Cats: Understanding how our genes work’ (https://geni.us/regcAd).

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