There is no doubt that genome editing technologies hold huge potential. Francis Collins More Quotes by Francis Collins More Quotes From Francis Collins A technological advance of a major sort almost always is overestimated in the short run for its consequences - and underestimated in the long run. Francis Collins technologicalrunninglong A virus is not just DNA; a virus is also packaged up, covered over with a series of proteins in a nice, elegant, well-compacted form. Francis Collins virusesdnanice God is an awesome mathematician and physicist. Francis Collins mathematicianphysicist I think there are people who's lives have been saved because of the study of the genome. Francis Collins studypeoplethinking Science's domain is the natural. If you want to understand the natural world and be sure you're not misleading yourself, science is the way to do it. Francis Collins wantwayworld I'm a pretty informal guy. I ride a Harley. Francis Collins harleyguy In my own experience as a physician, I have not seen a miraculous healing, and I don't expect to see one. Francis Collins miraculousphysicianshealing We are still working with an incomplete compass. The time is right to bring the full power of genomics to bear on the problem of cancer. Francis Collins cancercompassionbears Nobody gets argued all the way into becoming a believer on the sheer basis of logic and reason. That requires a leap of faith. Francis Collins leap-of-faithbecomingway I've never heard God speak out loud to me. That's not an experience I have had. Francis Collins speaks-outloudspeak I'm a serious Christian. I take my faith seriously. I try to practice it every day of the week, not just on Sunday. Francis Collins sundaypracticechristian I trained initially as a physical chemist, and then, after becoming interested in biology, I went to medical school and learned how to be a physician. So, I'm a physician scientist. Francis Collins physiciansbecomingschool Successful weight management really means a permanent change in lifestyle - and success in this arena provides that person with a great opportunity to model that behavior for friends and family. Francis Collins life-changingsuccessfulmean C.S. Lewis had a big influence on me in this spiritual realm - this sort of sense of longing. A longing for a knowledge that is just outside of our reach, a knowledge for a spiritual connection. Francis Collins connectionsinfluencespiritual A lot of science doesn't require big "ns" but if you're trying to understand something about human health and you're looking at interventions that are not going to be either killing you or making you live forever - they're going to have some tweaking on the outcome - you need big numbers or you don't have enough power. Francis Collins forevernumberstrying I had the analysis of a million or so SNPs [single nucleotide polymorphisms] just to see what was there. That's partly because I was writing a book about DNA and personalized medicine and I thought it would be a little bit disingenuous to talk about what could be done without actually having the experiment done on yourself. Francis Collins dnawritingbook [The tests agreed] that I was at higher risk than the average person for Type 2 diabetes, which is what my lab works on. In fact, some of the things they were testing for were variants that we had discovered. Francis Collins type-2-diabetesriskaverage What wakes me up at night is this next generation and what's happening to them. And they're invariably excited about the science that they're doing, but invariably anxious about where there's a future. Francis Collins nextgenerationsnight What does it take to get people interested, what does it take to get people engaged, what does it take to get them to give a biospecimen? What does it take to get people like Jim [Ostell] to get interested and engaged, versus someone like my mother? Francis Collins mothergivingpeople The blooming of a flower is, in my mind, not a miracle. It's something that we can understand on the basis of molecular biology these days. Francis Collins miracleflowermind
