How South San Francisco Went From Industrial City to Biotech Hub

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Episode: How South San Francisco Went From Industrial City to Biotech Hub
Pub date: 2026-03-05

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When scientists began tinkering with DNA in the 1970s, biotechnology was not welcome in leafy residential neighborhoods or many college towns. But it was embraced by an industrial city by the Bay. In today's episode we come to learn how South San Francisco became one of the world's most valuable hubs of biotech.

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