Moreover the incorporation requires the same components needed for protein synthesis, and is inhibited by the same inhibitors. Thus the system is most unlikely to be a complete artefact and is very probably closely related to genuine protein synthesis.

There is no scientific study more vital to man than the study of his own brain. Our entire view of the universe depends on it.

The dangerous man is the one who has only one idea, because then he'll fight and die for it.

While Occam's razor is a useful tool in the physical sciences, it can be a very dangerous implement in biology. It is thus very rash to use simplicity and elegance as a guide in biological research.

Since I essentially knew nothing, I had an almost completely free choice.

If poly A is added to poly U, to form a double or triple helix, the combination is inactive.

There is no form of prose more difficult to understand and more tedious to read than the average scientific paper.