I wondered whether the nuclear transfer techniques could be used to introduce purified macro-molecules into an egg, and hence into embryonic cells. John Gurdon celleggembryonic Change image and share on social
I myself have been a major beneficiary of the view that no animal will more repay treatment that is kind and fair. John Gurdon animalbeneficiaryfair Change image and share on social
I take the view that anything you can do to relieve suffering or improve human health will usually be widely accepted by the public - that is to say, if cloning actually turned out to be solving some problems and was useful to people, I think it would be accepted. John Gurdon acceptclonhealth share on social
The earliest example known to me of replaced body parts is exemplified by a Mayan skull dating back to 1400 BC. In this skull, false teeth made of stone had been implanted. John Gurdon backbodydate Change image and share on social
I get into lab early and leave a bit early, too. So I like to have an hour or two before everybody comes in. John Gurdon biteearlyhour Change image and share on social
I remember that, at an early age, I spent many months making a three-masted sailing boat with rigging in a half-walnut shell. John Gurdon ageboatearly Change image and share on social
Within six months of starting my Ph.D. work in 1956, I had already obtained feeding tadpoles derived from transplanted nuclei of embryonic cells. John Gurdon cellderiveembryonic Change image and share on social
It's a very complex network of genes making products which go into the nucleus and turn on other genes. And, in fact, you find a continuing network of processes going on in a very complex way by which genes are subject to these continual adjustments, as you might say - the computer programmer deciding which genes ultimately will work. John Gurdon adjustmentcomplexcomputer share on social
I left my frogs, which I had grown, with my supervisor, who had moved to Geneva, and he and a technician grew them up. So by 1962, they were adults, and one could publish a paper to say that these animals, derived from nuclear transfer, really were absolutely normal. So it took a little time to get through. John Gurdon absolutelyadultanimal share on social
I must have been born with a strong attraction toward, and possibly even an aptitude for, doing things on a small scale. John Gurdon aptitudeattractionbear Change image and share on social