That work led to the emergence of the recombinant DNA technology thereby providing a major tool for analyzing mammalian gene structure and… — Paul Berg Copy Share Image
But the prospects of designing chemical plants for industrial scale chemical processes seemed far less interesting than the chemical events that occur in biological… — Paul Berg Copy Share Image
Looking back, I realize that nurturing curiosity and the instinct to seek solutions are perhaps the most important contributions education can make. — Paul Berg Copy Share Image
Paradoxically, no such embargo exists for the drugs and therapies that have revolutionized the treatment of serious diseases although many of them were created… — Paul Berg Copy Share Image
By that time I was hooked on a career in academic research instead of one in the pharmaceutical industry that I had originally considered… — Paul Berg Copy Share Image
That work led to the emergence of the recombinant DNA technology thereby providing a major tool for analyzing mammalian gene structure and function and… — Paul Berg Copy Share Image
Fears of creating new kinds of plagues or of altering human evolution or of irreversibly altering the environment were only some of the concerns… — Paul Berg Copy Share Image
By then, I was making the slow transition from classical biochemistry to molecular biology and becoming increasingly preoccupied with how genes act and how… — Paul Berg Copy Share Image
But I felt it necessary to be part of the war effort and I enlisted in the Navy to be a flyer. — Paul Berg Copy Share Image
Novel technologies and ideas that impinge on human biology and their perceived impact on human values have renewed strains in the relationship between science… — Paul Berg Copy Share Image
With time, many of the facts I learned were forgotten but I never lost the excitement of discovery. — Paul Berg Copy Share Image
Today, it is research with human embryonic stem cells and attempts to prepare cloned stem cells for research and medical therapies that are being… — Paul Berg Copy Share Image
Yet the effort to inform the public also encouraged responsible public discussion that succeeded in developing a consensus for the measured approach that many… — Paul Berg Copy Share Image
