Faith Quote by Siddharta Mukherjee

“There is no evidence against genetic determinism more persuasive than the children of the rich.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“The theory of eugenics postulated a crisis of the gene pool leading to the deterioration of the human race. The”

— Michael Crichton

“the popular conception of the gene as a simple causal agent is not valid. The idea that there is a gene for adventurousness, heart…

— Eva Jablonka

“By the end of the 1940s, support for the hypothesis that DNA had a fundamental role in heredity had grown much stronger.”

— Matthew Cobb

“It’s not that I was categorically opposed to the idea of scientists and physicians using gene editing to introduce heritable changes into the human…

— Jennifer A. Doudna

“Thus, for our purposes, genes aren’t about inevitability. Instead they’re about context-dependent tendencies, propensities, potentials, and vulnerabilities. All embedded in the fabric of the…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Control, maybe? Control the genetically damaged population by teaching them that there’s something wrong with them, and control the genetically pure population by teaching…

— Veronica Roth

“human gene editing would almost assuredly never have the same catastrophic consequences as the detonation of a nuclear weapon”

— Jennifer A. Doudna

“My mother told me once that, a long time ago, there were people who wouldn’t buy genetically engineered produce because they viewed it as…

— Veronica Roth

“The increasing fascination with and funding of genetic technology is simply another medical dead end, another reductionist rabbit hole that will lead us no…

— T. Colin Campbell

Though social eugenics was discredited long ago, we still often think of the genome in quasi-eugenic terms. When we read about the latest discovery…

— Gary Wolf