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. John Sulston customerdeedestablish Change image and share on social
As far back as I remember, and earlier, I was an artisan, a maker and doer. Mechanically minded, my parents said. John Sulston artisanbackdoer Change image and share on social
We knew that all the protein-coding bits of genes do is to produce protein - they have to have instructions to turn them on and off. Those sequences lie well outside the protein-coding sequences, sometimes thousands, tens of thousands of bases away. John Sulston basisbitcode share on social
In science, as in business, there must be structures that ensure the well endowed do not use their position to block competition. John Sulston blockbusinesscompetition Change image and share on social
If you patent a discovery which is unique, say a human gene or even just one particular function of a human gene, then you are actually creating a monopoly, and that's not the purpose of the world of patents. John Sulston creatediscoveryfunction share on social
We can choose to address the twin issues of population and consumption to rebalance the use of resources to a more egalitarian pattern of consumption. John Sulston addresschooseconsumption Change image and share on social
You have to say - and I do - that anything that blocks that cheapest possible point-of-care delivery of health is wrong. John Sulston blockcarecheap Change image and share on social
The fact is that proprietary databases don't work for such basic and broadly needed information as the sequence of the human genome. John Sulston basicbroadlydatabase Change image and share on social
The strong evidence is that we're running out of space. We're collectively affecting the world's climate. This is due to the still-growing human population and our increase in consumption. John Sulston affectclimatecollectively Change image and share on social
Muriel, my mother, was my main confidant. She was a teacher of English at Watford grammar school but took a break while my sister Madeleine and I were children. She held court in the kitchen, and we talked about everything. John Sulston breakchildconfidant share on social
