The death of a genius? What James Watson taught us about ethics, ambition, and the moral limits of science

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The death of a genius? What James Watson taught us about ethics, ambition, and the moral limits of science

Authors

  • Michele Venosa Orthopaedic Department – Casa di cura Villa Betania - Rome, Italy
  • Andrea Vespasiani Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.

Keywords:

ethics, , limit, science

References

1. Watson JD, Crick FH. Molecular structure of nucleic acids; a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid. Nature. 1953;171(4356):737-8. doi: 10.1038/171737a0.

2. Watson JD. The double helix: a personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson; 1981.

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Venosa M, Vespasiani A. The death of a genius? What James Watson taught us about ethics, ambition, and the moral limits of science. Acta Biomed. 97(1). doi:10.23750/abm.v97i1.18228

Issue

Vol. 97 No. 1 (2026)

Section

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENCE
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v97i1.18228

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Venosa M, Vespasiani A. The death of a genius? What James Watson taught us about ethics, ambition, and the moral limits of science. Acta Biomed. 97(1). doi:10.23750/abm.v97i1.18228
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