After this excellent meeting I am much clearer about why the question about newborn genome screening is not simply "Will it save some lives?" It would be great if it was, but that's not how it works.

Where exactly do you think new “free” (stolen?) knowledge comes from?

Sidney was a genius, though he could be hurtful and gratuitously rude in his remarks. Using C. Elegant as a model system was brilliant.

I recall Sidney Brenner visiting the Cambridge Genetics Department in 1967/68?on the Mill Road, and telling my Part2 class (9 men and me) that he was going to use this small worm to understand neural development. Fabulous progress from an idea to half a century of achievement.

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There are a few things that we should be more careful to keep clean eg kitchen chopping boards, taps and toothbrushes but we do need to exercise our immune system to keep it in top responsive mode.

@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social They do a lot of cringey ads for their programmes, where their correspondents self-congratulate in a most offputting way.

There are always links. I like to think about the science behind domestic management generally, but this came from @laurencepearl.bsky.social. And @professor-dave.bsky.social is always bringing such links to us too

Enjoyed this new sensory experience - extra good with shoes off. The earth moved!

Yes, an X-linked anomaly more frequent around the Mediterranean. Men more severely affected since women usually have one normal copy of the gene so half their red cells are normal. Raw beans worse. other legumes and some antibiotics and stress can also trigger the haemolytic anaemia.

Great tips from both of you! Will look for beans at our local Saturday market tomorrow.