Achievement Quote by Lewis Thomas

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

“Nature ended up with the deoxyribonucleic acid molecule, DNA.”

— Bill Nye

The most remarkable discovery ever made by scientists was science itself.

— Jacob Bronowski

One of the most amazing developments in the history of biology.

— Thomas Hunt Morgan

“Consider this!” Edmond declared. “It took early humans over a million years to progress from discovering fire to inventing the wheel. Then it took…

— Dan Brown

Biology is the most powerful technology ever created. DNA is software, protein are hardware, cells are factories.

— Arvind Gupta

One can say, looking at the papers in this symposium, that the elucidation of the genetic code is indeed a great achievement. It is,…

— Francis Crick

“The result of these cumulative efforts to investigate the cell—to investigate life at the molecular level—is a loud, clear, piercing cry of “design!” The…

— Michael J. Behe

All of today's DNA, strung through all the cells of the earth, is simply an extension and elaboration of [the] first molecule.

— Lewis Thomas

“Our greatest invention in the past 200 years was not a particular gadget or tool but the invention of the scientific process itself. Once…

— Kevin Kelly

Evolution, cell biology, biochemistry, and developmental biology have made extraordinary progress in the last hundred years - much of it since I was weaned…

— John Tyler Bonner

It once seemed that the most profound feats stemming from DNA-based science would spring from our ability to read and detect genes, which we…

— Scott Gottlieb