genetics

“The most worthy path for continued investment and research is in genetics,” she says.

While autism rates have climbed in the U.S. in recent years, some scientists have suggested that genetics, older parents or better screening and diagnosis systems are likely behind the rise in cases.

It saw E. coli go on to play a central role in many more discoveries and milestones in genetics and molecular biology.

For scientists looking at the data, it is difficult to separate out the effects of one action, like taking a painkiller, from other factors such as parental health, genetics and environmental conditions.

“A large elephant in the room is being ignored, and that’s genetics.”