Genes are effectively one-dimensional. If you write down the sequence of A, C, G and T, that's kind of what you need… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
Cancer is a disease of the genome. And that's what happens. You make mistakes in a cell somewhere in your body that… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
If you are looking for a needle in a haystack, and somebody has already cataloged all the straw in the haystack, when… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
Patenting tends to get people's juices flowing when you put the word 'gene' and the word 'patent' in the same sentence. And… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
For me, in my Christian belief, prayer is not an opportunity to manipulate God into doing what you want him to. Prayer… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
If you are in support of in vitro fertilization, then you have to recognize that human embryos are being created in excess… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
Faith is reason plus revelation, and the revelation part requires one to think with the spirit as well as with the mind.… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
A cardinal principle that we must not stray from - no exceptions - is that your genetic information is your business in… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
The shelves of many evangelicals are full of books that point out the flaws in evolution, discuss it only as a theory, and almost… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
[Decoding the human genome sequence] is the most significant undertaking that we have mounted so far in an organized way in all of science.… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
By committing the scientific method to religious claims you're committing a logical fallacy — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
All illnesses have some heredity contribution. It's been said that genetics loads the gun and environment pulls the trigger. — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
As you kind of get over the anxiety about [science and evolution], it actually adds to your sense of awe about this amazing universe… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
Successful weight management really means a permanent change in lifestyle - and success in this arena provides that person with a great opportunity to… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
I trained initially as a physical chemist, and then, after becoming interested in biology, I went to medical school and learned how to be… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
I think there are people who's lives have been saved because of the study of the genome. — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
I finished up my graduate degree in quantum mechanics, but underwent a bit of a personal crisis, recognizing that I didn't want to do… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
One must dig deeply into opposing points of view in order to know whether your own position remains defensible. Iron sharpens iron. — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
Genes are effectively one-dimensional. If you write down the sequence of A, C, G and T, that's kind of what you need to know… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
By investigating God's majestic and awesome creation, science can actually be a means of worship. — Francis Collins Copy Share Image