When I was a child, there were not that many vaccines. I was vaccinated for polio. I actually got measles as a child. I got pertussis, whooping cough. I remember that very well.

Science is telling us that we can do phenomenal things if we put our minds and our resources to it.

There has been treatment for hepatitis C, but the treatment has not been overwhelmingly effective, number 1. And number 2, it has had considerable toxicity.

A pandemic influenza would mean widespread infection essentially throughout every region of the world.

The worst potential bio-terrorist is nature itself.

One of the by-products of being a perfectionist and constantly trying to improve myself are sobering feelings of low-grade anxiety and a nagging sense of inadequacy This anxiety keeps me humble.

Investigating rare diseases gives researchers more clues about how the healthy immune system functions.