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What We Risk Losing Without Federally-Funded Scientific Research

The Brian Lehrer Show

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Unlocking DNA: The Hot Spring Bacterium's Impact on Biotechnology

This chapter explores the groundbreaking discovery of a heat-loving bacterium from Yellowstone hot springs and its impact on biotechnology. It highlights the revolutionary development of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) that transformed DNA analysis, stemming from innovations at a biotech startup in the late seventies.

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