Caltech Faces Federal Inquiry Over Development of Gene Sequencer

Federal officials are investigating whether the California Institute of Technology violated the law by not giving the government free use of an automatic gene-sequencing machine, a key tool in efforts by researchers to map the human genome. Investigators suspect Caltech developed the technology using federal funds.

If the officials determine that Caltech did use federal money, the institute may be forced to repay millions of dollars to the government, the Los

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