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What is the purpose of being human and alive without doing new things?

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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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Biomedical research is only as good as its delivery. Distribution of medicines by charities is no more than a stopgap.

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As far back as I remember, and earlier, I was an artisan, a maker and doer. Mechanically minded, my parents said.

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The myth is that IP rights are as important as our rights in castles, cars, and corn oil. IP is supposedly intended to encourage inventors and the investment needed to bring their products to the clinic and marketplace.

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If we understand the worm, we understand life.

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Muriel, my mother, was my main confidant. She was a teacher of English at Watford grammar school but took a break while my sister Madeleine and I were children. She held court in the kitchen, and we talked about everything.

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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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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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Our work on C. elegans emphasized the benefits of sharing large amounts of information. We took a global approach to discover the mechanisms that led to the development of the worm.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Scientist

Born: March 27th, 1942

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