Francis Collins
Francis Collins
Francis Sellers Collinsis an American physician-geneticist noted for his discoveries of disease genes and his leadership of the Human Genome Project. He is director of the National Institutes of Healthin Bethesda, Maryland, USA...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth14 April 1950
CountryUnited States of America
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What a profound responsibility it is to do this work. Historians will consider this a turning point.
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The time is right to bring the full power of genomics to bear on the problem of cancer. Waiting another two years would have been too long. The biological research planets are aligned.
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This is not just an academic exercise by a bunch of nerdy gene hunters. This is an effort that will transform medicine.
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it's hard to overstate the importance of reading our own instruction book and that's what the human genome project is all about.
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