The really fascinating thing about research is the new science, but to get to it, you have to get past that first level. |
The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought. |
This last discovery illuminated the mechanism of protein synthesis: the protein chain is transferred in turn from one amino-acid-bearing transfer RNA to another as it grows, their order dictated by messenger RNA and ultimately by the genetic code on the DNA. |
To construct something as complicated as our bodies, we turn on different genes in muscles, skin, and so on to structure them. |
Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties. |
We are embedded in a biological world and related to the organisms around us. |
We can learn about the pattern of evolution by looking at the structure of genes and comparing the structure of proteins. |
We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal. |
We know specific genes are turned on in specific cells, but we don't know to what extent this happens. |
Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves. |
With everything I do, I am well advised to repeat the experiment I'm starting from. |