"The rewards for biotechnology are tremendous - to solve disease, eliminate poverty, age gracefully. It sounds so much cooler than Facebook."
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George M. Church, born on June 29, 1954, in MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, is a pioneering geneticist, molecular engineer, and professor at Harvard University. Renowned for his groundbreaking work in the Human Genome Project, Church has significantly advanced the fields of genetics and synthetic biology. His innovative approaches to genome editing and biotechnological applications have made him a leading voice in the ethical implications of genetic research. Church’s legacy continues to inspire future generations in the pursuit of understanding and manipulating the blueprint of life.
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"I'm a champion for personal differences. I have no sympathy for drug companies that can't figure out how to make personalized medicine. We could generalize that to 'All society should be much more personalized.'"
George M. Church
"I think something very simple that everybody can do is they can participate in medical research as subjects. Personal genome project, for example, will take on as many subjects as we can find."
George M. Church"Most people are excited about themselves. Personal genome will deliver for inexpensively something about science to which you can relate. Just like computers are becoming something to which you can relate. It should be even easier to relate to your own biology, and I hope that will be one of the ways we get broader literacy in science."
George M. Church"We went from a world where almost nobody knew anything about computers to a world where almost all of us are computer geeks for a huge fraction of our day. And I'd like to see that happen with the digital world of biological molecules, too."
George M. Church"I like to keep the median age in my lab low because they will indulge me in my dreams. They don't yet think things are impossible."
George M. Church
"Science has very definite faith components, and most religions don't stick to faith. They venture out into making predictions about our physical world. They don't just say there's something that is completely unconnected to us. They say actually it affects a lot. And when they do that, they merge."
George M. Church