John Sulston
John Sulston
Sir John Edward Sulston FRSis a British biologist. For his work on the cell lineage and genome of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, he was jointly awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sydney Brenner and Robert Horvitz. As of 2014 he is Chair of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation at the University of Manchester...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth27 March 1942
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Science and the many benefits that science has produced have played a crucial part in our history and produced vast improvements to human welfare.
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When it came to choice of subjects, science was obvious - since I was uninterested in anything else - but a decision that caused consternation in some eyes was my demand to take biology for A-level.
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It is not a Pandora's box that science opens; it is, rather, a treasure chest. We, humanity, can choose whether or not to take out the discoveries and use them, and for what purpose.
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In science, as in business, there must be structures that ensure the well endowed do not use their position to block competition.
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The fruits of science and innovation have nourished our society and economy for years, but nations unable to navigate our regulatory system are often excluded, as are vulnerable individuals.
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The free market is the epitome of life itself. This is something that all scientists recognise because science itself operates on free market lines.
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The currencies of science are discoveries and ideas; the rewards are the excitement of going where nobody has been before and, if one is inclined to such things, the kudos of peer acclaim, plus funds to do more research.
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The strong evidence is that we're running out of space. We're collectively affecting the world's climate. This is due to the still-growing human population and our increase in consumption.
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Biomedical research is only as good as its delivery. Distribution of medicines by charities is no more than a stopgap.
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You have to say - and I do - that anything that blocks that cheapest possible point-of-care delivery of health is wrong.
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Whilst worthy in themselves, applications shouldn't be the only way to drive basic research.
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We can choose to address the twin issues of population and consumption to rebalance the use of resources to a more egalitarian pattern of consumption.
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I don't want a few extra weeks of life at enormous cost, for example, when it comes to the end.
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I don't think one ought to bring a clearly disabled child into the world.