Sequencing the genome of the spanish flu

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Jeffrey Taubenberg, MD, PhD, NIAID

Laura Spinney, Author, Pale Rider

- What Dr. Taubenberger hoped to learn by sequencing the genome

- How he was able to attain samples and extract DNA material 

- How long it took to sequence the genome

- Why this information is important and how it is being used

- What he learned from the process