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“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of wife.” This statement, from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, launches James D. Watson’s new memoir, Genes, Girls...
Watson begins his tale in the aftermath of his co-discovery of the structure of DNA. “The story starts when I was an unmarried 25-year-old and thought more about girls than genes. It is as much a tale of love as of ideas.?...
Genes, Girls, and Gamow lacks the level of acerbity of the controversial The Double Helix, but still contains considerable bite, considering Watson’s matter-of-fact refusal to sugar-coat his judgments. Even his good friend, Gamow, is described rather unflatteringly as possessing a “high...
That may change as scientists learn more about the genetic alterations that transform a normal cell into a malignant one. Last month a group of scientists from the U.S. and the Netherlands published a paper in the research journal Nature describing a molecular test they have developed that may predict...
Southern China has long been recognized as the incubator of flu viruses. Traditional Chinese farming practices?especially the close proximity of birds, pigs and humans?promote the mixing of viruses, which mutate and leap between species. New strains are constantly evolving as viral genes are swapped between host bird species...