TWiV 1241: The most beautiful experiment

August 3, 2025

TWiV reports on the administration putting a choke hold on billions of NIH health research funding, US Senators tell scientists they want to protect the NIH budget, then review a classic experiment showing the mechanism of DNA replication, and explain how jumbo phage DNA is transcribed in a membrane-bound compartment before transfer into proteinaceous “nucleus” compartment.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, Brianne Barker, Jolene Ramsey, and Angela Mingarelli

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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