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Hour Two: Biotech History/Biotech Future
| Everyone's talking about biotechnology. The Human Genome Project is chugging along, as is another competitive commercial project aimed at the same goal - sequencing every gene in human DNA. Biotech stocks are often some of Wall Street's darlings. The possibility of gene therapy is still looming on the horizon, as is the idea of cloning. And it seems like every other day that you hear of a new gene for something or other being discovered.
But where did this brave new world come from? And where is it going? Join guest host Richard Harris on this hour of Science Friday for a look at the world of biotechnology and what it might hold in store for you. | 
Image courtesy IMB-JENA . |
Guests:
Daniel Koshland
Former Editor, Science Magazine (1985-1995)
Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Edward Penhoet
Co-founder and former CEO (1981-1998)
Chiron Corporation
Emeryville, CA
Dean, School of Public Health
Professor of Public Health and of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Paul Rabinow
Author, "Making PCR: A Story of Biotechnology" and "French DNA, Trouble in Purgatory" (in press)
Professor of Anthropology
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Books/Articles Discussed:
"Making PCR: A Story of Biotechnology by Paul Rabinow. University of Chicago Press, 1997."
Related Links:
UC Berkeley Extension Conference: 25 Years of Biotechnology
Biotechnology Industry Organization
The DNA Files
Biotech Chronicles (Genentech)
This segment produced by:
Karin Vergoth
Web producer:
Charles Bergquist
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