The best project is one that asks a novel question.

The best project is one that asks a novel question.

In 15 years we'll have all the sequence, a list of the genes everyone has in common and those that differ among people. We know only something like a tenth of 1 percent of the sequence at the moment.

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

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

We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.

I have the same sense of the power and virtue of knowledge that some people get from a religious background.