39 Quotes by John Sulston

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

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.

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

The myth is that IP rights are as important as our rights in castles, cars, and corn oil. IP is supposedly intended to encourage inventors and the investment needed to bring their products to the clinic and marketplace.

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

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

There's always a tension between those who would like to garner wealth, and they contribute a lot to society. There's also those who say, 'I believe in the common good. I want that to be enlarged.' They contribute a lot to society. The tension, the debate, between these two views is extremely important to our progress.

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.

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.