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Biotech; the countercultural origins of an industry.


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Biotech bi·o·tech  
n. Informal
Biotechnology.


biotech
Noun

short for biotechnology

Noun 1.
; the countercultural origins of an industry.

Vettel, Eric J.

U. of Pennsylvania Pr.

2006

273 pages

$39.95

Hardcover

Politics and culture in modern America

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In an interpretive in·ter·pre·tive   also in·ter·pre·ta·tive
adj.
Relating to or marked by interpretation; explanatory.



in·terpre·tive·ly adv.
 history of the biotechnology industry that aims to broaden the matrix in which debates occur, Vettel (U.S. history, U. of California, Berkeley) traces developments at major research universities in the San Francisco Bay area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation).

The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay
. The first part of the story chronicles the heyday of "pure" bioscience research in this biotech epicenter ep·i·cen·ter  
n.
1. The point of the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.

2. A focal point: stood at the epicenter of the international crisis.
 from the end of World War II End of World War II can refer to:
  • End of World War II in Europe
  • End of World War II in Asia
 to the early 1960s. The focus then shifts to growing interdisciplinary tensions, and waning public and funding support for applied genetic engineering research. Images include pioneers in the field, protesters, and political cartoons.

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