I used to work on fundamental molecular microbiology. We looked at what happened when DNA replication went wrong in E. coli. What I used to do when writing or

I used to work on fundamental molecular microbiology. We looked at what happened when DNA replication went wrong in E. coli. What I used to do when writing or speaking about it was to start with cancer or antibiotic resistance as if anyone in my field gave a crap about either of those topics. Sure, we do care about those things in the broad sense, but we didn't consider ourselves to be on the front line of solving either of those problems.