Top 30 Quotes by John Gurdon

About John Gurdon

These are some quotes by English author John Gurdon Scientist, who was born on October 2, 1933.

I myself have been a major beneficiary of the view that no animal will more repay treatment that is kind and fair.

I myself have been a major beneficiary of the view that no animal will more repay treatment that is kind and fair.

John Gurdon

If you took some famous religious leader, for example, and said it would be nice to clone them indefinitely so you have a dynasty of leaders, my own guess would be that each time the cloning takes place, they would become more and more defective, presumably mentally defective and subsequently worse.

John Gurdon

I have this rather amazing report which, roughly speaking, says I was the worst student the biology master had ever taught.

I have this rather amazing report which, roughly speaking, says I was the worst student the biology master had ever taught.

John Gurdon

I think that I cannot immediately see the route by which we should really understand memory and the workings of the brain.

I think that I cannot immediately see the route by which we should really understand memory and the workings of the brain.

John Gurdon

I wondered whether the nuclear transfer techniques could be used to introduce purified macro-molecules into an egg, and hence into embryonic cells.

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

Within six months of starting my Ph.D. work in 1956, I had already obtained feeding tadpoles derived from transplanted nuclei of embryonic cells.

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

I must have been born with a strong attraction toward, and possibly even an aptitude for, doing things on a small scale.

I must have been born with a strong attraction toward, and possibly even an aptitude for, doing things on a small scale.

John Gurdon

I remember that, at an early age, I spent many months making a three-masted sailing boat with rigging in a half-walnut shell.

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

There's a danger of some of the best people saying, 'I don't want a career in science.'

There's a danger of some of the best people saying, 'I don't want a career in science.'

John Gurdon

The aim of a nuclear-transplant experiment is to insert the nucleus of a specialized cell into an unfertilized egg whose nucleus has been removed.

The aim of a nuclear-transplant experiment is to insert the nucleus of a specialized cell into an unfertilized egg whose nucleus has been removed.

John Gurdon

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