The single biggest threat to man's continued dominance on the planet is the virus.

If lifespan jumps by 30 or 40 years, that has enormous implications.

By the time I was 12 or 13, I was studying biochemistry textbooks.

Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things.

I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.

I'm not easily inhibited by the fact that I don't know something about a subject. It doesn't stop me from dabbling in it.

I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.