Genetics

Physician, biologist, and author. Best known for his book "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer" which won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 2011. Also acclaimed for his book "The Gene: An Intimate History".

Grew up as part of a Jewish family in Washington, D.C. Parents are novelist Tova Reich and Walter Reich, a professor at George Washington University. Holds a PhD in zoology and is known for genetic analysis of human evolutionary history.

Biochemist known for pioneering work in CRISPR gene editing and other contributions in biochemistry and genetics. Shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Emmanuelle Charpentier for the development of a method for genome editing.

British evolutionary biologist and author. Emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford. Popularized the gene-centred view of evolution in his book "The Selfish Gene" and coined the term "meme".

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