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" There is a long history of how DNA sequencing can bring certainty to people's lives. "

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" I've gotten some pretty nice awards. I'm having trouble finding places to put them all. "

" There are enzymes called restriction enzymes that actually digest DNA. "

" I see, in the future, bioengineered almost everything you can imagine that we use. "

" 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. "

" You can imagine: 99 percent of your experiments fail for one reason or another. "

" For each gene in your genome, you quite often get a different version of that gene from your father and a different version from your mother. We need to study these relationships across a very large number of people. "

" My complaint is that there are more books and news articles than there are primary scientific papers. I am probably the biggest critic of the hypesters, because it's dangerous when fields get overhyped. "

" Show me a highly successful person in any field that has gotten there having a weak ego. You have to believe in yourself, and you have to believe in what you're doing. "

" Our genomes are evolving and changing every single day. "

" You cannot look at a person's genes and say with any accuracy whether they are from one racial group or another. "

" Even with seemingly simple things like eye color, you can't tell from my genetic code whether I have blue eyes or not. So it's naive to think that complex human behaviors, like risk-seeking, are driven by changes in one or two genes. "

" Fred Sanger was one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. "

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" I willed myself through a junior college to a university and, ultimately, a Ph.D. "

" Life is a DNA software system. "

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

" We're a country of laws and rules, and the Supreme Court has ruled that life forms are patentable entities. "

" Sailing is a big outlet for me. "

" Cells will die in minutes to days if they lack their genetic information system. They will not evolve, they will not replicate, and they will not live. "

" The future of society is 100% dependent on scientific advances. "

" It appears that the human genome does indeed contain deserts, or large, gene-poor regions. "

" Life was so cheap in Vietnam. That is where my sense of urgency comes from. "

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

" I suppose if there's a set of genes I have, it's detesting authority. "

" I think future engineered species could be the source of food, hopefully a source of energy, environmental remediation and perhaps replacing the petrochemical industry. "

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

" I have a blend of klotho gene variants that have been linked with a lower risk for coronary artery disease and stroke and an advantage in longevity. "

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