Watson Speaks Out for DNA
Science · 1999
Nobel laureate James Watson burnished his reputation for outspokenness this month. Addressing the Genome Summit of the Indian Science Congress in Chennai (Madras) on 5 January, the biologist defended genetic engineering as “a very safe technology” and attacked critics, declaring, “Let the Greens walk into the sea.” He added, “The only person who has been harmed by DNA is Bill Clinton.”