The founding of the first biotech company, the discovery of lipoproteins and oncogenes, the Ames test to identify potential carcinogens, the founding of the field of molecular evolution using DNA rather than fossils to investigate the origins of humanity – these landmarks of life science all took place here. The biological revolution continues daily at the Valley Life Sciences Building and the Life Sciences Addition here at Berkeley, where Molecular and Cell Biology is the most popular undergraduate major.

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