Prof. John Burn Roots for DNA
The results of the BMJ medical advance poll was announced this week and Dr. John Burn seems to be quite disappointed that the discovery of DNA structure didn’t win.
John Burn, Professor of Clinical Genetics at the University of Newcastle, who championed the discovery of DNA as the greatest breakthrough, said that the poll “could look very silly in 50 years time”.
He said that the discovery in 1953 by James Watson and the late Francis Crick, underpinned the development of modern medicines such as the hepatitis C vaccine and the breast cancer drug Herceptin.
A “tsunami” of discoveries in genetic medicine — including stem-cell research and analysis of the human genome — could soon eclipse all other medical achievements, Professor Burn said.
Remember, you heard it here first! The genome revolution will triumph and overshadow all in 50 years. See the light!
Times Online, January 19, 2007
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