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3.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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A number of scientists are becoming first-time politicians, many motivated to run for office by what they say is an attack on science by the Trump administration. Chief Environmental Affairs Correspondent Anne Thompson reports.

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0:00.0	Hi.
0:01.0	Hi, Mr. Spurber?
0:02.0	Yeah.
0:03.0	Hi.
0:04.0	Hans Kierstedt.
0:05.0	This is not Dr. Hans Kierstead's natural habitat.
0:08.0	I appreciate this.
0:10.0	Thanks.
0:11.0	No problem.
0:12.0	The campaign trail through California's 48th Congressional district, trying to unseat 15-term
0:19.0	Congressman Dana Roerbacher.
0:22.9	The lab is where Kierstead thrives.
0:26.5	So where are we here?
0:28.4	This is where the scientists walk through to get all of their bits and pieces,
0:33.7	the liquids that they use to dump on the cells where we have...
0:39.3	These are all your creations?
0:41.3	Yes, yeah.
0:42.3	And that is our secret sauce, if you will, on what we actually pour onto the cells to make them grow.
0:49.3	Wow.
0:50.3	Yeah.
0:51.3	A groundbreaking stem cell researcher, biotech CEO, and now a first-time politician.
0:58.1	So you have been a medical researcher, an entrepreneur, a CEO. Why do you want to add congressman
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