Maria Joao Grade Godinho (UK) - What is happening at the boundary: mutagenic art mutant science from variation meaning biology Watch Video
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Description: Science is a powerful enterprise in contemporary world. The influence of science in western culture is strong, with its developments shaping society and its language permeating social vernacular. Take as example the term mutation, which according to the Oxford English Dictionary comes from the Latin mutare meaning 'to change'. It is frequently associated with the scientific notion of a structural change on a gene which results in an alteration to its form, potentially capable of causing disease