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Dana Farber's Dr. Anthony Latai, describing work that led to an inhibitor drug against chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

And it started with Dr. Stanley Korsmeyer, who identified BCL2 as the protein cancer cells used to prevent self-destruction.

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Hello, and welcome to the excerpt.

I'm Dana Taylor.

The story of the American alligator is one of survival.

From 1967 to 1987, they were officially listed as an endangered species.

But the wetlands of Louisiana, Florida's Everglades National Park, and many other southern habitats are now teeming with roughly 5 million

alligators and their story continues to evolve. Recent studies suggest alligators shape how carbon

is stored in soil. Could alligators be an unexpected ally in the fight against climate change?

Here to share insights from his recent study published in

nature is Christopher Murray, Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at

Southeastern Louisiana University. Thanks for joining me, Chris.

Of course. Before we tie your findings to alligators, what story unfolded when you looked at soil and areas populated by

alligators? Yeah, so the story that we sort of uncovered was really interesting to us and a little

bit surprising. What we found was a correlation, positive correlation between alligator abundance

and carbon sequestration in specific habitats.

So what that effectively means is where we have more alligators, right, from small populations

to much larger populations, we actually see a positive relationship, positive correlation

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