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" The rich agricultural nations are the ones that can adapt to the new biotechnologies. "

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" Is my science of a level consistent with other people who have gotten the Nobel? Yes. "

" We need 10,000 genomes, not 100, to start to understand the link between genetics, disease and wellness. "

" San Francisco is one of my favorite cities on the planet. "

" Since my own genome was sequenced, my software has been broadcast into space in the form of electromagnetic waves, carrying my genetic information far beyond Earth. Whether there is any creature out there capable of making sense of the instructions in my genome, well, that's another question. "

" The photosynthesis we see with plants is not very efficient. Algaes are more efficient. "

" Part of the problem with the discovery of the so-called breast-cancer genes was that physicians wrongly told women that had the genetic changes associated with the genes that they had a 99% chance of getting breast cancer. Turns out all women that have these genetic changes don't get breast cancer. "

" Every single cancer is a genetic disease. Not necessarily inherited from your parents, but it's genetic changes which cause cancer. So as we sequence the genomes of tumours and compare those to the sequence of patients, we're getting down to the fundamental basis of each individual person's cancer. "

" Energy is probably the most pressing demand on our planet. "

" Each part of our genome is unique. We would not be alive if there was not a single mathematical solution for our chromosomes. We would just be scrambled goo. "

" Organisms in the ocean provide over 40 percent of the oxygen we breathe, and they're the major sink for capturing all the carbon dioxide we constantly release into the atmosphere. "

" When most people talk about biofuels, they talk about using oils or grease from plants. "

" We have 100 genes or so, which we know we can't knock out without killing the cell, that are of unknown structure. "

" Knowing what your parents have gives you hints of things, but your genome is a totally unique combination of and interchange of DNA from your parents. There is no one else like you genetically. "

" People think they're making individual decisions for themselves and their family not to get vaccinated. It's not just an individual choice - you're a hazard to society. "

" People are comprised of sets of DNA from each parent. If you looked at just the DNA from your father, it wouldn't tell you who you really are. "

" Space X's Elon Musk wants to colonize Mars with modules where earthlings can live. My teleporting technology is the number one way those individuals will get new information, new treatments of diseases that will occur on the planet, and new food sources. "

" I somewhat joke that I know an awful lot because I learn from my mistakes. I just make a lot of mistakes. It's OK to fail in science just as long as you have the successes to go with the failures. "

" I have an unusual type of thinking. I have no visual memory whatsoever. Everything is conceptual to me. "

" Transposons are just small pieces of DNA that randomly insert in the genetic code. And if they insert in the middle of the gene, they disrupt its function. "

" I don't see any absolute biological limit on human age. "

" There have been lots of stories written about all the hype over getting the genome done and the letdown of not discovering lots of cures right after. "

" One important part of scientific training is that scientists learn the boundaries, the safety issues, how to properly deal with and dispose of chemicals and reagents. "

" Once we all have our genomes, some of these extremely rare diseases are going to be totally predictable. "

" A doctor can save maybe a few hundred lives in a lifetime. A researcher can save the whole world. "

" You can't have life without the genetic code. "

" I am not sure our brains and our psychologies are ready for immortality. "

" Synthetic biology can help address key challenges facing the planet and its population. Research in synthetic biology may lead to new things such as programmed cells that self-assemble at the sites of disease to repair damage. "

" The same oil that gets burned as fuel is also the entire basis for the petrochemical industries, so our clothing, our plastics and our pharmaceuticals all come from oil and its derivatives. "

" The only 'afterlife' is what other people remember of you. "

" Genes can't possibly explain all of what makes us what we are. "