From Controversy To Cure: Inside the Cambridge Biotech Boom

In the summer of 1976, a contentious debate about genetic engineering erupted in the city of Cambridge, pitting scientist against scientist and citizen against citizen. "FROM CONTROVERSY TO CURE – Inside the Cambridge Biotech Boom" tells the inside story of how a surprising mix of science and engineering, politics, urban renewal and even the space race transformed Cambridge, Massachusetts into the ‘biotechnology capital of the world’ – a place often called “the most innovative square mile on the planet" that has produced groundbreaking drugs and therapies that have affected millions of lives.