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 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

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

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

It is particularly pleasing to see how purely basic research, originally aimed at testing the genetic identity of different cell types in the body, has turned out to have clear human health prospects.

It is particularly pleasing to see how purely basic research, originally aimed at testing the genetic identity of different cell types in the body, has turned out to have clear human health prospects.

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

For my part, I have worked all my life with eggs and embryos of frogs. Compared to other small animals, these have figured prominently in the world of literature.

For my part, I have worked all my life with eggs and embryos of frogs. Compared to other small animals, these have figured prominently in the world of literature.

John Gurdon

As with most animal eggs, the early events of amphibian development are largely independent of the environment, and the processes leading to cell differentiation must involve a redistribution and interaction of constituents already present in the fertilized egg.

John Gurdon

Nuclear transplantation is a technique that has enormously facilitated the analysis of these interactions between nucleus and cytoplasm.

Nuclear transplantation is a technique that has enormously facilitated the analysis of these interactions between nucleus and cytoplasm.

John Gurdon

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

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.

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

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