There are three great themes in science in the twentieth century : the atom, the computer, and the gene.

Science can improve lives in ways that are elegant in design and moving in practice.

Every cancer looks different. Every cancer has similarities to other cancers. And were trying to milk those differences and similarities to do a better job of predicting how things are going to work out and making new drugs.

Anyone graduating from medical school in 1966 had first to fulfill military service before launching a career. Fiercely opposed to the Vietnam War, I sought to avoid it through an assignment to the Public Health Service.

I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered.

I keep encouraging the pharmaceutical companies to put more money into R&D.

I begin with the premise that behavior is an incredibly important element in medicine. Peoples habits, their willingness to quit smoking, their willingness to take steps to avoid transmission of HIV, are all behavioral questions.