“Most groups patent ways of using genetic discoveries as part of non-ob...” — George M. Church Quote

Most groups patent ways of using genetic discoveries as part of non-obvious diagnostic and therapeutic protocols and slightly or greatly altered genes.

Terrorism is not a public health threat, relative to cancer and heart disease and malaria and so forth.

Someone younger at heart should replace you, and that should be you. I'm willing to. I'm willing to become younger. I try to reinvent myself every few years anyway.

You can't just hoard your ideas inside the ivory tower. You have to get them out into the world.

If we go into space, we need enhancements that handle radiation and osteoporosis... or else we're dead. So what seems like an enhancement in one generation becomes life and death in another generation.

The discovery that we can program our existence and author our own lives has radically altered my life - transforming my identity, aspirations, and reason for existence.

The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in order to reach a diverse audience.

As much as any woman of the twentieth century, Madam Walker paved the way for the profound social changes that altered women's place in American society.

Certainly the highest posthumous praise that can be conferred upon any writer is the assertion that his or her writing permanently altered the literary landscape for the better, opening new textual doors and engaging new readers. That the author's oeuvre was essential and irreplaceable and transformative.