Comments on: Watson’s most important work since the discovery of DNA http://www.americanbiotechnologist.com/blog/watson-cancer/ Advancing the productivity of American Biotechnologists Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:39:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Jeffrey Felton http://www.americanbiotechnologist.com/blog/watson-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-26919 Jeffrey Felton Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:34:05 +0000 http://www.americanbiotechnologist.com/blog/?p=4853#comment-26919 This is not very clearly written. Reactive oxygen species, such as superoxide, are not antioxidants. They are the targets against which antioxidants act. This is not very clearly written. Reactive oxygen species, such as superoxide, are not antioxidants. They are the targets against which antioxidants act.

]]> By: James Mensch http://www.americanbiotechnologist.com/blog/watson-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-26916 James Mensch Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:39:17 +0000 http://www.americanbiotechnologist.com/blog/?p=4853#comment-26916 That's James, not Jamews, of course; oops. That’s James, not Jamews, of course; oops.

]]> By: Jamews Mensch http://www.americanbiotechnologist.com/blog/watson-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-26915 Jamews Mensch Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:38:14 +0000 http://www.americanbiotechnologist.com/blog/?p=4853#comment-26915 The last paragraph seems garbled; the resistance to radiotherapy is not "due to the action of ROS" but rather to their supppression, supposedly. The last paragraph seems garbled; the resistance to radiotherapy is not “due to the action of ROS” but rather to their supppression, supposedly.

]]> By: Karen http://www.americanbiotechnologist.com/blog/watson-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-26910 Karen Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:04:44 +0000 http://www.americanbiotechnologist.com/blog/?p=4853#comment-26910 Watson didn't discover the double helix. He was only partly involved- Watson and Crick relied heavily on Rosalind Franklin's X-Ray crystallography, which was the key piece of data revealing the actual structure. They stole her unpublished work for their 'discovery' and never gave her credit, which in my opinion, should merit stripping of the Nobel prize. He also believes and promotes the theory of racial basis for intellectual differences (http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/10/18/science.race/index.html), which has no scientific merit and consequently makes me skeptical of any scientific opinion he may share. Today, when we are seeing a record number of manuscript retractions, we see that ethics truly do still matter in science. Scientists must be held to a high ethical standard so others can trust in published studies and use those discoveries to develop theories in new directions. Watson didn’t discover the double helix. He was only partly involved- Watson and Crick relied heavily on Rosalind Franklin’s X-Ray crystallography, which was the key piece of data revealing the actual structure. They stole her unpublished work for their ‘discovery’ and never gave her credit, which in my opinion, should merit stripping of the Nobel prize. He also believes and promotes the theory of racial basis for intellectual differences (http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/10/18/science.race/index.html), which has no scientific merit and consequently makes me skeptical of any scientific opinion he may share.

Today, when we are seeing a record number of manuscript retractions, we see that ethics truly do still matter in science. Scientists must be held to a high ethical standard so others can trust in published studies and use those discoveries to develop theories in new directions.

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