Ever since we achieved a breakthrough in the area of recombinant DNA in 1973, left-wing nuts and environmental kooks have been screaming that we will create some kind of Frankenstein bug or Andromeda Strain that will destroy us all.

My heroes were never scientists. They were Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood, you know, good writers.

Ever since we achieved a breakthrough in the area of recombinant DNA in 1973, left-wing nuts and environmental kooks have been screaming that we will create some kind of Frankenstein bug or Andromeda Strain that will destroy us all.

The American public is being sold a very nasty bill of goods about cancer.

Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.

As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all.

The way to do great science is to stay away from subjects that are overpopulated, and go to the frontiers.