Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves.

Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves.

The interaction of the variation in our genes is what's responsible for lots of our attributes and vigor.

Scientists tend to be skeptical, but the weakness of the community of science is that it tends to move into preformed establishment modes that say this is the only way of doing science, the only valid view.

Three billion bases of DNA sequence can be put on a single compact disc and one will be able to pull a CD out of one's pocket and say, 'Here is a human being; it's me!'

Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is not that relevant.

Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties.