It was a matter of not living lavishly but enjoying what you had, growing things with your hands, working hard, but not being tied to a nine-to-five job, and generally feeling that there's more to life than money. John Sulston enjoyfeltgenerally share on social
Many people thought that, given my knowledge of the egg, I should analyse embryonic mutants. John Sulston analyseeggembryonic Change image and share on social
What is the purpose of being human and alive without doing new things? John Sulston alivehumanpurpose Change image and share on social
It is not a Pandora's box that science opens; it is, rather, a treasure chest. We, humanity, can choose whether or not to take out the discoveries and use them, and for what purpose. John Sulston boxchestchoose Change image and share on social
When results are shared freely amongst the biological community, as has been done for the worm and the Human Genome Projects, specialist scientists can move much more rapidly towards their goals. John Sulston biologicalcommunityfreely Change image and share on social
I would say if we can select children who are not going to be severely disadvantaged, then we should do so, but I think it has to be done by voluntary choice. John Sulston childchoicedisadvantage Change image and share on social
It is very clear that the present system of innovation for medicines is very inefficient and really somewhat corrupt. It benefits shareholders over patients; it produces for the rich markets and not for the poor and does not produce for minority diseases. John Sulston benefitclearcorrupt share on social
On my mother's side, I come from Midlands engineers and, on my father's, from tenant farmers near Oxford. John Sulston engineerfarmerfather Change image and share on social
Biomedical research is only as good as its delivery. Distribution of medicines by charities is no more than a stopgap. John Sulston biomedicalcharitydelivery Change image and share on social
