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Pioneers and Victims: The Birth and Death of Argentina's First Molecular Biology Laboratory

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The first Latin American molecularbiology laboratory came onto the scientificscene in Argentina in early 1957, only to bedismantled in 1962, following a ministerialchange. This paper explores the social,political, institutional, and cognitiveinteractions present in this short experience,and assesses their importance in understandingthe development of a new scientific field in a`peripheral context'.

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  1. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO-Argentina), Ayacucho 551 (C1026AAC), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Pablo Kreimer

  2. IEC-UNQ, Av. Rivadavia 2358 (1034), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Manuel Lugones

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Kreimer, P., Lugones, M. Pioneers and Victims: The Birth and Death of Argentina's First Molecular Biology Laboratory. Minerva 41, 47–69 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022209922391

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