52 La Recherche Scientifique - Scientific Research Flashcards

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Un chercheur

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A researcher

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**La recherche**

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**Research**

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Un ingénieur

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An engineer

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Un laborantin

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A lab assistant

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Un pionnier

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A pioneer

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Un laboratoire, un labo

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A laboratory, a lab

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Les sciences exactes / les sciences dures

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Exact sciences / Hard sciences

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L’observation

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Observation

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L’expérimentation

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Experimentation, testing

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La vérification

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Checking

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Une expérience

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An experiment

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Un essai

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A trial

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  1. Un échantillon 2. Un prélèvement
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A sample

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Un cobaye

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A guinea pig

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Les expériences sur les animaux

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Animal testing

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Une précaution, un garde-fou

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A safeguard

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Une découverte

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A discover, a find

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Un progrès, une avancée

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An advance

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Un brevet

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A patent

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Un domaine de recherche

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A field of research

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La technologie

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Technology

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Les nanotechnologies

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Nanotechnologies

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Technologique

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Technological

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De pointe

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Cutting edge, state-of-the-art

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Novateur

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Ground-breaking

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Aléatoire

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Random

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Rechercher

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To search for

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Faire de la recherche

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To do research

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Faire des expériences

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To experiment

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Vérifier

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To check

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Procéder à un test

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To run a test

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Tester

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To test out, to put to the test

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Découvrir, trouver

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To discover, to find

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  1. Mettre au point 2. Se développer
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To develop

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Innover

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To innovate

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Révolutionner

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To revolutionize

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Faire breveter

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To patent

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Utiliser à mauvais escient

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To misuse

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Altérer, manipuler

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To tamper with

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**Les progrès de la médecine**

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**Medical progress**

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Un laboratoire pharmaceutique

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A pharmaceutical company

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Un médicament générique

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A generic drug

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L’effet placebo

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The placebo effect

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La trithérapie

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Triple cocktail treatment

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La chirurgie au laser

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Laser surgery

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La chirurgie à coeur ouvert

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Open-heart surgery

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Une échographie

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An ultrasound (scan)

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La procréation médicale assistée

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Assisted reproductive technology

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La fertilité / La stérilité

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Fertility / Sterility

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Le sperme

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Semen, sperm

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Un donneur de sperme

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A sperm donor

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Un ovule

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An egg

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L’insémination artificielle

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Artificial insemination

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Un embryon

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An embryo

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L’embryologie

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Embryology

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Un fœtus

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A foetus

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Le cordon ombilical

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The umbilical cord

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Un bébé éprouvette

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A test-tube baby

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Une malformation congénitale

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A birth defect

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Un vaccin

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A vaccine

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Une greffe (d’organe)

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A transplant

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Embryonnaire

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Embrionic

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Implanter

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To implant

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Greffer

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To transplant

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**La génétique**

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**Genetics**

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Un gène

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A gene

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Un chromosome

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A chromosome

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Le génie génétique

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Genetic engineering

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Un généticien

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A geneticist

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L’hérédité

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Heredity

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Le patrimoine génétique

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The genetic make-up

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Les maladies génitales

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Genetic disorders

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Une maladie orpheline / rare

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An orphan / rare disease

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Le diabète

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Diabetes

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L’hémophilie

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Haemophilia

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Un hémophile

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A haemophiliac

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La mucoviscidose

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Cystic fibrosis

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La myopathie

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Myopathy

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La sclérose en plaques

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Multiple sclerosis

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La thérapie génique

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Gene therapy

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Une cellule

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A cell

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Un noyau

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A nucleus

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Une cellule souche

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A stem cell

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Un diagnostic préimplantatoire

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A pre-implantation genetic diagnosis

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Un test de paternité

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A paternity test

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La déontologie médicale

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Medical ethics

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La bioéthique

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Bioethics

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Un clone / le clonage

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A clone / cloning

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L’eugénisme

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Eugenics

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Héréditaire

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Hereditary

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Transgénique

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Transgenic

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Cloner

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To clone

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Modifier

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To alter

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Muter

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To mutate

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Être pionnier dans un domaine

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To pioneer in a field

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Financer la recherche

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To finance / fund / sponsor research

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Faire une expérience

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To carry out an experiment

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Faire avancer la science

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To advance / foster / promote science

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Il fait de la recherche fondamentale / appliquée

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He is engaged in fundamental / applied research

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Certaines maladies sont dues à des gènes défectueux

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Some diseases are due to faulty genes

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Gregor Mendel, qui étudia la transmission des caractères dans les pois comestibles, est reconnu comme “le père de la génétique moderne”

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Gregor Mendel, who studied the inheritance of traits in pea plants, is considered as “the father of modern genetics”

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Les manipulations génétiques mettent en jeu la responsabilité morale des chercheurs

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Genetic manipulations question the moral responsibility of researchers

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La science progresse par tâtonnements

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Science progresses through trial and error

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La science implique souvent que l’on passe de la théorie à la pratique

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Science often involves going from theory to practice

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Certains scientifiques pensent qu’une loi de bioéthique ne suffit pas pour protéger les gens d’abus potentiels

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Some scientists beliece that a bioethics law is insufficient to protect people from potential abuse

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La pénicilline a été découverte par hasard

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Penicillin was a chance discovery

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Le gène de fertilité a été découvert par hasard en 2005

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The fertility gene was discovered by accident in 2005

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Deux scientifiques australiens ont découvert que la plupart des ulcères de l’estomac sont dus à une bactérie

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Two Australian scientists discovered that most stomach ulcers are caused by a bacterium

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La plupart des chromosomes vont par deux

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Most chromosomes go in pairs

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Il a ça dans le sang

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It’s in his genes

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Ce n’est pourtant pas sorcier !

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You don’t need to be a rocket scientist!

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Jouer à l’apprenti sorcier

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To be the sorcerer’s apprentice