Matt Ridley quote: TP53 seems to encode the greater good, like a suicide pill in the mouth of a soldier that dissolves only ...

TP53 seems to encode the greater good, like a suicide pill in the mouth of a soldier that dissolves only when it detects evidence that he is about to mutiny.

~ Matt Ridley ~

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TP53 seems to encode the greater good, like a suicide pill in the mouth of a soldier that dissolves ...

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