...tool for understanding ourselves at the molecular level: "We used to think our fate was in our stars. Now we know, in large measure, our fate is in our genes." Pointing to the long and seamy tradition of eugenicists exaggerating the role of genes in human behavior,...

...us. The time to act is now" and "How can we not do it? We used to think our fate was in our stars. Now we know, in large measure, our fate is in our genes" (34). The main need of the developing countries is the rapid application of research findings that...

...contributed much more than their genes Th± s On© QL31-DXG-3H85 "WE USED TO THINK OUR FATE WAS IN THE STARS. NOW WE KNOW, IN LARGE MEASURE, OUR FATE IS IN OUR GENES." —JAMES WATSON, Time, March 20, 1989 "WE CANNOT THINK OF ANY SIGNIFICANT HUMAN SOCIAL BEHAVIOR THAT...

..."ourselves at the molecular level." For Watson, the cultural significance of this project is clear. "We used to think our fate was in our stars," he tells...can and should increasingly control. After all, why not7 "A lot of people say they're worried about changing our genetic instructions," Watson acknowledges,...

...understanding ourselves at the molecular level," adding, "We used to think our fate was in our stars. Now we know, in large measure, our fate is in our genes." If this is the way modern biologists are thinking, surely medical science and practice will move in...

...the Human Genome Organization (HUGO), set the tone, "We used to think that our fate was in the stars. Now we know, in large measure, our fate is in our genes." The twin pillars of the genetic paradigm are Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection and...

...is unclear, but Watson continues: "How can we not do it? We used to think our fate is in our stars. Now we know, in large measure, our fate is in our genes." Seeing our fate in our genes, of course, resonates with level two concerns: if genes determine our...

...Human Genome Research at the National Institutes of Health: "We used to think our fate is in our stars. Now we know, in large measure, our fate is in our genes." To what degree is biology destiny? To what extent are human talents and institutions the product of...

...structure and the Nobel Prize winner, J.Watson, states: "We used to think our fate was in our stars. Now we know, in large measure, our fate is in our genes" (quoted from Peter T, 1997, p.6). Similarly, another distinguished scholar, the French geneticist and...

...one of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, said: 'We used to think our fate was in the stars. Now we know, in large measure, our fate is in our genes.' Similarly, the editor of the leading American weekly, Science, once told his readers that 'in the warfare...