The answer is simple, and harsh. The market did not reward saving the lives of these children, and governments did not subsidize it. So the children died because their mothers and their fathers had no power in the market and no voice in the system.

Solutions to all biological problems are greatly advanced by the sequencing work and the new tools that are created.

Innovation is often the hidden thing, because we can't put numbers to it. And yet it's the thing that defines the way we live, the things we'd like to have for everyone whether it's health or education.

When AIDS emergency broke out and was killing millions in Africa, the Global Fund was created so that a level of generosity would show up and buy the medicines to save those lives.

Whenever you have war, you often have more deaths because the medical system and the food system breaks down, than you have directly through violence.

Five years from now on the Web for free you’ll be able to find the best lectures in the world. It will be better than any single university.

People don't want lots and lots of single purpose devices. They do not want to have to learn how to set up something for photos, another thing for music, another thing for video.