Professor
David Suzuki who has worked in genetics since
1961 smiles when he reflects on how the certainties
which he held in the 1960s have all vanished. He writes
"today when I tell students the hottest ideas
we had in 1961 about chromosome structure and genetic
regulations, they gasp and laugh in disbelief. In
2004, most of the best ideas of 1961 can be seen for
what they are - wrong, irrelevant or unimportant......
So what is our hurry in biotechnology to patent ideas
and rush products to market when the chances are overwhelming
that their theoretical rationale will be wrong?"