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Was cracking the structure of DNA really a medical breakthrough? Or was it a con job?

Was cracking the structure of DNA really a medical breakthrough? Or was it a con job?

Hint: It was a con job, read all about it.

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How dare you sir…go wash your mouth out with soap and water!

As a subscriber to INSIDE PHARMA, you won’t be screaming these words at me—you will be open to weighing up the evidence and drawing your own conclusions. So let’s get on with it.

This is the notion to begin with, explained below:

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World leading researcher says "The Genes-are-Destiny model is broken."
Medicines in the 21st Century I won’t waste time writing a preamble to this contribution to a conference I hosted in Cardiff, on 8 July, 2019. The conference was titled MEDICINES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: SAFE, BETTER, CHEAPER. Appendix C in the summary white paper following the conference, was written by Dr Ray Perkins, and you can see him in the headline vi…
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3 years ago · 26 likes · 13 comments · Hedley Rees

This is a relevant extract:

“The Genes-are-Destiny model is broken. Readily refuted by simple arguments, genes-are-destiny persists as the century-long basis of biology. Gene mutations, for example, have long defined “treatable targets” in drug and diagnostic discovery. As such, it must be seen as a primary contributor to their failures.” Dr Ray Perkins

Add this to the mix: Are Genes Destiny: Epigenics and Cancer? and we learn:

“It’s a depressing thought – the idea that regardless of what we do, our genetic make-up predisposes us to certain health problems. The problem with this thought, however, is that cutting edge science is telling us that it simply is not true!

From 1990 to 2003 millions of federal do…

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