Interview of the week

I was watching Shekhar Gupta's interview of David Baltimore on Walk the Talk. Couple of things struck me:

1). NDTV needs to hire someone that knows science (like Sanjay Gupta!) to do these interviews. Shekhar Gupta was clearly out of his depth. And he admitted it.

2).When Baltimore was asked what he thinks are the hot topics of the next 30 years he said:

a) The molecular biology of cancer
b). Gene therapy to treat diseases
c). Genetically modified foods
d). Different sources of energy
e). The process of ageing

I work on ageing and its impact on cancer biology at the molecular level..so this made me very happy. To know that a Nobel laureate also thinks this is hot stuff is good.

3). Baltimore thinks Hillary's the way to go. Apparently she's promised to double the NIH budget again. Hmm.

4). The Imanishi-Kari affair was alluded to most politely and brushed aside as if it were a storm in a teacup, not a scandal that practically ruined his career and definitely finished hers off.

All in all, an interesting watch.