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Small RNA research and the scientific repertoire: A tale about biochemistry and genetics, crops and worms, development and disease (2021)

Veigl, Sophie Juliane (Author)

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Volume: 43
Issue: 1
Pages: 25

DOI: 10.1007/s40656-021-00382-x

URI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-021-00382-x

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Research Development of science; change in science Genetics Biochemistry DNA; RNA 21st century 20th century, late

The discovery of RNA interference in 1998 has made a lasting impact on biological research. Identifying the regulatory role of small RNAs changed the modes of molecular biological inquiry as well as biologists' understanding of genetic regulation. This article examines the early years of small RNA biology's success story. I query which factors had to come together so that small RNA research came into life in the blink of an eye. I primarily look at scientific repertoires as facilitators of rapid scientific change. I show that for a short period of time, between the years 1998 and 2002, different model organism communities, investigative strategies, technological innovations, and research interests could be successfully aligned to take small RNA research off the ground. I discuss how the keystone discoveries were situated in specific experimental traditions and what strategies were employed to establish these discoveries as more general phenomena. Providing thus a practice-based approach of rapid scientific change, I ask how to relate the change in propositional bits of scientific knowledge with changes in scientific practice.

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