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Q:

Now shall we turn to another subject?

Lasker:

Yes.

Q:

To high blood pressure?

Lasker:

Yes.

Q:

Is that the next one on your agenda?

Lasker:

Yes, I may say that in California Jimmy Fordyce, Jordan Gutterman, Deeda Blair and I visited the University of California.. We visited Stanford University -- Paul Berg and Stanley Cohen. We visited the fantastic laboratory of Dr. Hood and Dr. Hunkapillar at Cal Tech. They've invented a machine that does what took a couple of years to do two years ago in a couple of years. You can sequence the amino acids for these proteins just like that.

Q:

When did you make this hegira?

Lasker:

We were there in March.

Q:

March of this year.

Lasker:

Yes. We visited where they gave us a splendid





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