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.