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Science's domain is the natural. If you want to understand the natural world and be sure you're not misleading yourself, science is the way to do it.

~Francis Collins

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I'm a serious Christian. I take my faith seriously. I try to practice it every day of the week, not just on Sunday.

~Francis Collins

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I think there are people who's lives have been saved because of the study of the genome.

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A virus is not just DNA; a virus is also packaged up, covered over with a series of proteins in a nice, elegant, well-compacted form.

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Proponents of intelligent design don't accept that some of the very complex nanomachines that we have inside ourselves could have come about solely on the basis of natural selection.

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It's interesting when you read the life of Christ how much of his time he spent healing the sick. There must have been a reason for that - he was modelling for us what it is we are intended to do by following his path.

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For delightfully quirky descriptions of bizarre neurological syndromes that teach us a lot about how the brain works, there is no match for Oliver Sacks.

~Francis Collins

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I trained initially as a physical chemist, and then, after becoming interested in biology, I went to medical school and learned how to be a physician. So, I'm a physician scientist.

~Francis Collins

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My own area of expertise is the genetics of human disease. I was fortunate to be part of the team that found the genes for cystic fibrosis, and Huntington's disease and neurofibromatosis.

~Francis Collins

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I'm always feeling like I'm lacking wisdom. This reassurance that one can ask God for that and it will happen is certainly reassuring to me.

~Francis Collins

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: April 14th, 1950

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