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

My experience of malaria was just taking anti-malarials, which give you strange dreams, because I don't want to get malaria.

The two areas that are changing... are information technology and medical technology. Those are the things that the world will be very different 20 years from now than it is today.

Over time, yes, countries will need to look at specific GMO products like they look at drugs today, where they don't approve them all. They look hard at the safety and the testing. And they make sure that the benefits far outweigh any of the downsides.

There is this thing called the GPL (Gnu Public Licence), which we disagree with... nobody can ever improve the software.

The people who resist change will be confronted by the growing number of people who see that better ways are available; thanks to technology.

The genius of capitalism lies in its ability to make self-interest serve the wider interest. The potential of a big financial return for innovation unleashes a broad set of talented people in pursuit of many different discoveries. This system, driven by self-interest, is responsible for the incredible innovations that have improved so many lives.