We Know Specific Genes Are

I Am Afraid That Those Comments Go Back To The Late 80's. At That Time I Was A Skeptic - The Argument Based On Koch's Postulates To Try To Distinguish Between Cause And Association. Today I Would Regard The Success Of The Many Antiviral Agents Which Lower The Virus Titers (to Be Expected) And Also Resolve The Failure Of The Immune System (only Expected If The Virus Is The Cause Of The Failure) As A Reasonable Proof Of The Causation Argument .

Why Do We Do Basic Research? To Learn About Ourselves.

Early On, It's Good To Develop The Ability To Write. Learning To Write Is A Useful Exercise, Even If What You're Writing About Is Not That Relevant.

Science Doesn't In The Slightest Depend On Trust. It Depends Completely On The Belief That You Can Demonstrate Something For Yourself.

Today We Try To Identify A Gene And Then Study Its Properties.