23 Quotes by Eric Lander

Suddenly it was clear to me that all the beautiful complexity of life had simplicity at its core.

If you do something extraordinary for your customer you will never be forgotten. Customer service heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

The human genome itself is just a parts list. The human genome with the chimp genome tells us how these parts have changed.

The goal is not just butterfly collecting or mammal collecting to simply describe mammals. All of that comparative work across mammals is about informing the human genome for medicine. Until we actually understand all the working parts within our genome, we won't really be able to practice the most informed medicine.

We now know 600 different genes involved in cancer – giving rise to new drug targets.