It is important that legislation keeps pace with scientific progress. — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I don't know whether it is important to study science at a young age, though current thinking emphasises the need. — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Having a child is arguably the most important thing you do in life. — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Neuroscience is now a very important research area in biology. We are now understanding a lot more about brains in babies, as… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
We can't any longer have the conventional understanding of genetics which everybody peddles because it is increasingly obvious that epigenetics - actually… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
One of the most important aspects of what makes us who we are is neither straight genes or straight environment but actually… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I'm a traditional Jew with an orthodox background, and it informs much of my approach to science. Of course I think it's… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I think it's important for scientists to be a bit less arrogant, a bit more humble, recognising we are capable of making… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Over the past 20 years, I have presented many science programmes on BBC1. But none is, I think, more socially important, or… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
No matter what I've published - and you can look it up, I've published quite a lot in science, quite a few… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Although religion might be useful in developing a solid moral framework - and enforcing it - we can quite easily develop moral intuitions without… — Robert Winston Copy Share
I don't much like being a public figure, because so often how people appear is not how they really are, and I think one… — Robert Winston Copy Share
Women of child-bearing age steadily run out of eggs by the continuous process of cell death. While reading a copy of the 'Guardian' carefully… — Robert Winston Copy Share
Of course it is a very simple matter to identify genes which might modify intelligence or memory and start thinking about whether you want… — Robert Winston Copy Share
Following 25 children for the TV series 'Child of Our Time' has been extraordinary. The BBC's original plan was to commemorate the new millennium.… — Robert Winston Copy Share
I don't believe in regretting - one should try to move on. My mum was good at that. She was deeply in love with… — Robert Winston Copy Share
I don't think you can impose limits on science because the very nature of homo sapiens is that he - she - is an… — Robert Winston Copy Share
When I look in the mirror, I am slightly reminded of self-portraits by Durer and by Rembrandt, because they both show a degree of… — Robert Winston Copy Share
Surgeons always underestimate the pain and disability involved in what they do to people. — Robert Winston Copy Share
Carbon dioxide is unusual because it doesn't go through the usual three phases of matter, from solid to liquid to gas, but it goes… — Robert Winston Copy Share
However you define God, and whether you believe in God or not, the world we live in has been shaped by the universal human… — Robert Winston Copy Share
I remember eating in school in the years after the Second World War. Most of my friends had miserable portions of Spam with an… — Robert Winston Copy Share
As parents, can we counter the effect of television violence? One worrying feature in Britain is that so many TV sets are in a… — Robert Winston Copy Share
I'm a traditional Jew with an orthodox background, and it informs much of my approach to science. Of course I think it's very important… — Robert Winston Copy Share
Robots may cut down on infection and mean a consultant can see more patients, but wouldn't you rather meet the doctor than a machine? — Robert Winston Copy Share
