Det är kul att sitta och lyssna på en paneldebatt när det hettar till. ”Termen epigenetik används för strunt”, säger den alltid lika kontroversielle James D. Watson, ” många som använder den vet inte vad de talar om. Redan för 50 år sedan visste vi att miljön påverkar gener, men att börja prata om Lamarckism…
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Fiction is the best way for Louise O. Fresco to explore issues having to do with such things as social responsibility or the dilemmas of choice. Engaging in sustainable development in an international context, Fresco will take part at discussions about ‘Genetics in Agriculture and the Environment’ during the Nobel Week Dialogue (2A). She kindly…
I have been an active research scientist in bacterial genetics for over a decade, and a science blogger for about four years, with much of my research and writing focusing on various aspects of the lifestyles (and DNA) of bacteria. Yet in all the many hours I’ve devoted to staring at Gs, As, Ts and…