The human's place in the universe will be set in the scheme of evolution, the product of our biological inheritance. — Walter Gilbert Copy Share Image
We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal. — Walter Gilbert Copy Share Image
Three billion bases of DNA sequence can be put on a single compact disc and one will be able to pull a CD out… — Walter Gilbert Copy Share Image
We know specific genes are turned on in specific cells, but we don't know to what extent this happens. — Walter Gilbert Copy Share Image
Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is… — Walter Gilbert Copy Share Image
Biology will relate every human gene to the genes of other animals and bacteria, to this great chain of being. — Walter Gilbert Copy Share Image
The community as a whole doesn't listen patiently to critics who adopt alternative viewpoints. Although the great lesson of history is that knowledge develops… — Walter Gilbert Copy Share Image
By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer,… — Walter Gilbert Copy Share Image
I am afraid that those comments go back to the late 80's. At that time I was a skeptic - the argument based on Koch's postulates to try to distinguish between cause and association. Today I would regard the success of the many antiviral agents which lower the virus titers (to be expected) and also resolve the failure of the… — Walter Gilbert Copy Share
Biology will tell you a lot of things, but there are many that it can not explain and you need to look at physics… — Walter Gilbert Copy Share Image
