首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
It was the biggest scientific grudge match since the space race. The Genome Wars had everything: two groups with appealing leade
It was the biggest scientific grudge match since the space race. The Genome Wars had everything: two groups with appealing leade
admin
2014-10-27
38
问题
It was the biggest scientific grudge match since the space race. The Genome Wars had everything: two groups with appealing leaders ready to fight in a scientific dead heat, pushing the limits of technology and rhetoric as they battled to become the first to read every last one of the 3 billion DNA "letters" in the human body.【F1】
The scientific importance of the work is unquestionable, the completed DNA sequence is expected to give scientists unprecedented insights into the workings of the human body, revolutionizing medicine and biology.
But the race itself, between the government’s Human Genome Project and Rockville, Md., biotechnology company Celera Genomics, was at least partly symbolic, the public/private conflict played out in a genetic lab.
Now the race is over. After years of public attacks and several failed attempts at reconciliation, the two sides are taking a step toward a period of calm. HGP head Francis Collins(and Ari Patrinos of the Department of Energy, an important ally on the government side)and Craig Venter, the founder of Celera, agreed to hold a joint press conference in Washington this Monday to declare that the race was over(sort of), that both sides had won(kind of)and that the hostilities were resolved(for the time being).
No one is exactly sure how things will be different now.【F2】
Neither side will be turning off its sequencing machines any time soon—the "finish lines" each has crossed are largely arbitrary points, "first drafts" rather than the definitive version.
【F3】
And while the joint announcement brings the former Genome Warriors closer together than they’ve been in years, insiders say that future agreements are more likely to take the form of coordination, rather than outright collaboration.
The conflict blew up this February when Britain’s Wellcome Trust, an HGP participant, released a confidential letter to Celera outlining the HGP’s complaints. Venter called the move "a lowlife thing to do." But by spring, there were the first signs of a thaw. "The attacks and nastiness are bad for science and our investors," Venter told Newsweek in March, "and fighting back is probably not helpful."【F4】
At a cancer meeting earlier this month, Venter and Collins praised each other’s approaches, and expressed hope that all of the scientists involved in sequencing the human genome would be able to share the credit.
By late last week, that hope was becoming a reality as details for Monday’s joint announcement were hammered out. Scientists in both camps welcomed an end to the hostilities. "If this ends the horse race, science wins."【F5】
With their difference behind them, or at least set aside, the scientists should now be able to get down to the interesting stuff: figuring how to make use of all that data.
【F3】
选项
答案
尽管这次联合宣言使原先的基因组勇士们比几年来任何时候都更为关系密切,但内部人士说:未来大家更可能同意以“协调”的形式工作,而不是直接的合作。
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/HAK4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Peoplearenolongersonaiveastobelievewhatevervestedinterestssay.Itisonlynecessarytolookatsmokingtolearnmuch
Themostexcitingkindofeducationisalsothemostpersonal.Nothingcan【C1】______thejoyofdiscoveringforyourselfsomethin
Whenthesubjectismoney,womenoftenclingtotwopersistentstereotypes,oneapleasantdream,theotheranightmare.In
Consumersandproducersobviouslymakedecisionsthatmoldtheeconomy,butthereisathirdmajor【C1】______toconsidertherole
AlltherecentnewsonAIDSisbad.ThedeathofRockHudson【C1】______publicconcernaboutthe【C2】______almosttothepointofp
Mostofthepeoplewhoappearmostoftenandmostgloriouslyinthehistorybooksaregreatconquerorsandgeneralsandsoldiers
Comparisonsweredrawnbetweenthedevelopmentoftelevisioninthe20thcenturyandthediffusionofprintinginthe15thand1
Comparisonsweredrawnbetweenthedevelopmentoftelevisioninthe20thcenturyandthediffusionofprintinginthe15thand1
WorkisaveryimportantpartoflifeintheUnitedStates.WhentheearlyProtestant【C1】______cametothiscountry,theybrough
ThePewFoundationdiscoveredinarecent【C1】______thattensionsoverinequalityinwealthnow【C2】______tensionsoverraceandi
随机试题
边缘性颌骨骨髓炎下列叙述错误的是
质监站对工程施工质量的监督管理属于( )。
填制凭证时,输入的会计科目编码应当是()科目编码。
按照现行规定,会计核算健全的下列纳税人应当被认定为一般纳税人的是( )。
大多数国家数十年的经济与金融的发展之间存在着()。
下列选项中,不属于风景名胜区总体规划基本内容的是()。
在音乐作品中,由原调经过某种中间环节进行到新调,并在新调上有完全的终止,称之为________。如果在新调上没有完全的终止,则称之为________。
当我们在承受某些心理痛苦——比如孤独、社会孤立、自我怀疑、负面情绪、觉得人生无意义时,怀旧可以起到应对机制的作用。这些烦恼使大脑开始筛选自己的记忆库,总结出一些有特定叙事特色的片段。我们通过怀旧,让过去的成功经历和亲密的人际关系重新浮出水面,那些时候我们的
CastroattendedaCatholicCathedralservice______.
对于大多数中国人来说,节假日期间景区人山人海,高速公路、城市道路拥堵(congestion),是促使他们家中度假的两大主要原因。
最新回复
(
0
)