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I've never heard God speak out loud to me. That's not an experience I have had.

~Francis Collins

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As a Christian, but also as a scientist responsible for overseeing the Human Genome Project, one of my concerns has been the limits on applications of our understanding of the genome. Should there be limits? I think there should. I think the public has expressed their concern about ways this information might be misused.

~Francis Collins

Topics: About Also Applications Been Christian Concern Concerns Expressed Genome Human Information Limits Might Misused Our Project Public Responsible Scientist Should Think Understanding Ways I Think

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We give our kids vaccinations. That's a biological enhancement that's considered not just acceptable but actually admirable.

~Francis Collins

Topics: Acceptable Actually Admirable Biological Considered Enhancement Give Just Kids Our

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So much of what we are currently seeing as far as human suffering and misery comes from diseases that should have been preventable but were not.

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Topics: As Far As Been Currently Diseases Far Human Human Suffering Misery Much Seeing Should Suffering Were

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If you are looking for a needle in a haystack, and somebody has already cataloged all the straw in the haystack, when you get to that needle you will recognize it's different than what was supposed to be there based on all that computerized haystack information that had been predetermined for you.

~Francis Collins

Topics: Based Been Different Get Had Information Looking Needle Recognize Somebody Straw Supposed Than Will You

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What faith has not been used by demagogues as a club over somebody's head?

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When does life begin? When does the soul enter? That's a religious question. Science is not going to be able to help with that.

~Francis Collins

Topics: Able Begin Does Enter Going Help Life Question Religious Science Soul

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Research is so unpredictable. There are periods when nothing works and all your experiments are a disaster and all your hypotheses are wrong.

~Francis Collins

Topics: Disaster Experiments Hypotheses Nothing Periods Research Unpredictable Works Wrong Your

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Genes are effectively one-dimensional. If you write down the sequence of A, C, G and T, that's kind of what you need to know about that gene. But proteins are three-dimensional. They have to be because we are three-dimensional, and we're made of those proteins. Otherwise we'd all sort of be linear, unimaginably weird creatures.

~Francis Collins

Topics: About Because Creatures Down Effectively Gene Genes Kind Know Linear Made Need One-Dimensional Otherwise Proteins Sequence Sort Those Three-Dimensional Weird Write You T

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I believe in the literal rising of the body of Christ. It's the cornerstone of my Christian faith.

~Francis Collins

Topics: Believe Body Christ Christian Christian Faith Cornerstone Faith Literal Rising I Believe I Believe In

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: April 14th, 1950

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