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... The interaction between basic science and the agency mission has a long history at DOE and its precursor agencies; for example, the study of biological responses to radiation led to the discovery of very general DNA repair mechanisms; the pursuit of more efficient solar energy conversion led to many discoveries about the molecular events in photosynthesis; and more. DOE also supported "theoreti cal biology" at the Los Alamos National Laboratory at a time when those words were very unpopular, helping to advance research from protein dynamics to im munology and more; much of that work is connected directly to modern research in biological physics.
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