A Texas oil heir’s quest to make Dallas a hub for biotech is showing signs of paying off, potentially paving the way for scientific discoveries ranging from reviving the woolly mammoth to treatments for cancer.

-bsp-person state=”{“_id”:”0000018c-26bb-da90-a5bc-7eff354f0000″,”_type”:”00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003″}”>Lyda Hill<!—->, the 81-year-old granddaughter of wildcatter H.L. Hunt, has funneled millions of philanthropic and investment dollars into developing the industry in her hometown. In September, her marquee project, an office campus modeled after the Kendall Square innovation district near MIT, scored a big win when it was named one of the three headquarters for the federal government’s new health research institutes.

Lyda Hill in December 2021

Photographer: Grant Miller

Hill …