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We may know the chemical structure of medicinal drugs, but we frequently have a very incomplete understanding of how they work.

~Mark Walport

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A computer, by definition, cannot be held accountable for anything because there is no mechanism to hold it to account, short of turning off the electricity supply or destroying the hardware. Only humans can be accountable.

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Many families would like to avoid burdening future generations with inherited diseases such as haemophilia or severe developmental disorders. But most would think it wrong to edit the genes that influence the 'normal' range of human variation, from eye colour to intelligence or athletic ability.

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Science, engineering, and technology discovers and invents new ways of doing things - but it doesn't dictate how we should do them.

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When governments work well, they safeguard citizens' health, well-being, resilience and security, and they increase prosperity. To do this, they must respond effectively to the new, the unexpected, and the game-changing.

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Industrialisation, mass transit, and the Internet are technological revolutions that have reshaped lives, nations, and the planet.

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Sharing data allows us to research, communicate, consume media, buy and sell, play games, and more. In return, businesses develop products, scientists undertake research, and governments use data to enable voting, inform policies, collect tax, and provide better public services.

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People have extreme beliefs about whether it is right for humans to tamper with embryos in any way at all. Sometimes the values discussion gets conflated with the science discussion. We shouldn't pretend we're having an argument about science when we're having an argument about values.

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I've never been a proponent of something monolithic.

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If you look at U.K. science, we collaborate with people across the whole world, and it's extremely important we continue to do so in the future.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Scientist

Born: January 25th, 1953

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