In this feature, Steve Curwood meets with bioengineers who are taking cues from nature’s design to solve problems. Since nature is intelligent as well as often lethal, bioengineers encounter ethical issues as to how their research may be applied. Steve Curwood narrates this segment produced by Sandy Tolan.
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