Students Build Biological Machines

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Grade Level: Senior High (10-12)-Adult
Subjects: Biology
Produced By: MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
Year: 2008
Country: United States
Language: English
Running Time: 8m 41s

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Scientists in the growing field of synthetic biology use basic biological "building blocks" - snippets of DNA - to engineer useful living organisms, like bacteria that can break down plastic. Tom Bearden reports on a do-it-yourself biology competition for college students.

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