• Question: what was the last big advancement in science in your opinion?

    Asked by item42pie to Sudhin, Sergio, Katie, Frances, Diarmuid, Aoife on 19 Nov 2019.
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      Katie Fala answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      Imo either the discovery of DNA or the integration of computers and algorithms to gain new insights into massive biological databases (bioinformatics!)

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      Sergio Martin Saldana answered on 21 Nov 2019:

      Really good question! In terms of technology I would say when scientist as Franklin or Volta discover the potential use of electricity. In terms of biology or medicine, I would say that the theory of microbial infectious diseases of Koch or when Pasteur discover penicillin. The big last big advance would be probably the discover of CRISPR, a technology found in bacteria that allows the geneticists to edit our genome to a better understanding of some genetic base diseases.

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