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On my mother's side, I come from Midlands engineers and, on my father's, from tenant farmers near Oxford.

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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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Many people thought that, given my knowledge of the egg, I should analyse embryonic mutants.

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The fact is that proprietary databases don't work for such basic and broadly needed information as the sequence of the human genome.

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In order to protect the market value of a proprietary database, the owner must prohibit redistribution of the contents - otherwise, the information would quickly leak out and be widely known.

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Whilst worthy in themselves, applications shouldn't be the only way to drive basic research.

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I don't think one ought to bring a clearly disabled child into the world.

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I would say if we can select children who are not going to be severely disadvantaged, then we should do so, but I think it has to be done by voluntary choice.

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The Wellcome Trust is a hugely important organisation, and it is vital that its fundraising continues unabated.

~John Sulston

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Title deeds establish and protect ownership of our houses, while security of property is as important to the proprietors of Tesco and Sainsbury's as it is to their customers.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Scientist

Born: March 27th, 1942

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