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John Sulston
John Sulston
British Scientist
Born: Mar 27, 1942
Died: Mar 6, 2018
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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
Life You Money Matter Job Feeling Living Nine-To-Five More Generally Had Tied Than Hands Being Working Your Working Hard Hard Growing Things Enjoying
You have to say - and I do - that anything that blocks that cheapest possible point-of-care delivery of health is wrong. John Sulston
Health You Say Possible Delivery Cheapest Wrong Blocks Anything
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
Science Humanity Pandora Pandoras Box Out Rather Purpose Take Opens Box Chest Discoveries Whether Them Use Choose Treasure
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. John Sulston
Rights Car Myth Important Corn Our Marketplace Inventors Castles Investment Supposedly IP Clinic Encourage Intended Oil Products Bring Needed
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. John Sulston
Good Progress Wealth Debate Important Believe Society Our Extremely Say Those Would Tension Between Like Also Always Lot Contribute Common Want Common Good Views Who Garner Two
On my mother's side, I come from Midlands engineers and, on my father's, from tenant farmers near Oxford. John Sulston
Mother Father Side Come Oxford Farmers Engineers Near
As far back as I remember, and earlier, I was an artisan, a maker and doer. Mechanically minded, my parents said. John Sulston
Remember Parents Minded Back Maker Doer Said Artisan Far Earlier
Muriel, my mother, was my main confidant. She was a teacher of English at Watford grammar school but took a break while my sister Madeleine and I were children. She held court in the kitchen, and we talked about everything. John Sulston
Teacher School Mother Sister Took Everything About Kitchen Main She Talked Court Were Confidant Children Break Grammar Grammar School While Held English
When it came to choice of subjects, science was obvious - since I was uninterested in anything else - but a decision that caused consternation in some eyes was my demand to take biology for A-level. John Sulston
Science Eyes Decision Biology Else Consternation Some Take Demand Since Obvious Came Caused Subjects Anything Anything Else Choice Uninterested
I don't think one ought to bring a clearly disabled child into the world. John Sulston
World Think Ought Disabled Clearly Child Bring
Title deeds establish and protect ownership of our houses, while security of property is as important to the proprietors of Tesco and Sainsbury's as it is to their customers. John Sulston
Property Important Ownership Our Security Protect Houses Establish While Title Customers Deeds
If you patent a discovery which is unique, say a human gene or even just one particular function of a human gene, then you are actually creating a monopoly, and that's not the purpose of the world of patents. John Sulston
You World Monopoly Say Gene Purpose Particular Discovery Patent Patents Human Just Just One Which Then Creating Unique Even Function Actually
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
Innovation Benefits Minority Rich Markets System Corrupt Somewhat Shareholders Clear Over Inefficient Does Very Diseases Patients Poor Produce Really Produces Present Medicines
I believe our basic information, our 'software', should be free and open for everyone to play with, to compete with, to try and make products from. I do not believe it should be under the control of one person. John Sulston
Try Free Control Believe Software Everyone Our Open Make Person Information Should Products Play Basic Compete
In science, as in business, there must be structures that ensure the well endowed do not use their position to block competition. John Sulston
Business Science Competition Ensure Must Structures Well Block Endowed Use Position

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