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John Sulston quotes: The Wellcome Trust is a hugely important organisation, and it is vital that its fundraising continues unabated.

The Wellcome Trust is a hugely important organisation, and it is vital that its fundraising continues unabated.

John Sulston quotes: You have to say - and I do - that anything that blocks that cheapest possible point-of-care delivery of health is wrong.

You have to say - and I do - that anything that blocks that cheapest possible point-of-care delivery of health is wrong.

John Sulston quotes: What is the purpose of being human and alive without doing new things?

What is the purpose of being human and alive without doing new things?

John Sulston quotes: The fact is that proprietary databases don't work for such basic and broadly needed information as the sequence of the human genome.

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 quotes: I don't think one ought to bring a clearly disabled child into the world.

I don't think one ought to bring a clearly disabled child into the world.

John Sulston quotes: As far back as I remember, and earlier, I was an artisan, a maker and doer. Mechanically minded, my parents said.

As far back as I remember, and earlier, I was an artisan, a maker and doer. Mechanically minded, my parents said.

John Sulston quotes: If we understand the worm, we understand life.

If we understand the worm, we understand life.

John Sulston quotes: Science and the many benefits that science has produced have played a crucial part in our history and produced vast improvements to human welfare.

Science and the many benefits that science has produced have played a crucial part in our history and produced vast improvements to human welfare.

John Sulston quotes: The only thing I have retained from my upbringing - I did not retain the religious element - is the idea that you do not do things for money.

The only thing I have retained from my upbringing - I did not retain the religious element - is the idea that you do not do things for money.

John Sulston quotes: The free market is the epitome of life itself. This is something that all scientists recognise because science itself operates on free market lines.

The free market is the epitome of life itself. This is something that all scientists recognise because science itself operates on free market lines.

John Sulston quotes: Whilst worthy in themselves, applications shouldn't be the only way to drive basic research.

Whilst worthy in themselves, applications shouldn't be the only way to drive basic research.

John Sulston quotes: In science, as in business, there must be structures that ensure the well endowed do not use their position to block competition.

In science, as in business, there must be structures that ensure the well endowed do not use their position to block competition.

John Sulston quotes: Many people thought that, given my knowledge of the egg, I should analyse embryonic mutants.

Many people thought that, given my knowledge of the egg, I should analyse embryonic mutants.

John Sulston quotes: Biomedical research is only as good as its delivery. Distribution of medicines by charities is no more than a stopgap.

Biomedical research is only as good as its delivery. Distribution of medicines by charities is no more than a stopgap.

John Sulston quotes: On my mother's side, I come from Midlands engineers and, on my father's, from tenant farmers near Oxford.

On my mother's side, I come from Midlands engineers and, on my father's, from tenant farmers near Oxford.

John Sulston quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I don't want a few extra weeks of life at enormous cost, for example, when it comes to the end.

I don't want a few extra weeks of life at enormous cost, for example, when it comes to the end.