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Francis S. Collins
(14 Apr 1950 - )
American geneticist and physician who became the director ( 1993-2008) of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the U.S. government.
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Science Quotes by Francis S. Collins (3)
The problem [with genetic research] is, we're just starting down this path, feeling our way in the dark. We have a small lantern in the form of a gene, but the lantern doesn't penetrate more than a couple of hundred feet. We don't know whether we're going to encounter chasms, rock walls or mountain ranges along the way. We don't even know how long the path is.
— Francis S. Collins
Quoted in J. Madeleine Nash, et al., 'Tracking Down Killer Genes', Time magazine (17 Sep 1990).
See also: | Genetics (56) | Human Genome (7) | Mountain (29) | Path (3) | Research (208) | Rock (23)
What more powerful form of study of mankind could there be than to read our own instruction book?
— Francis S. Collins
From White House press conference broadcast on the day of the publication of the first draft of the human genome. Quoted in CNN.com, transcript, 'President Clinton, British Prime Minister Tony Blair Deliver Remarks on Human Genome Milestone' (26 Jun 2000).
[Locating, from scratch, the gene related to a disease is like] trying to find a burned-out light bulb in a house located somewhere between the East and West coasts without knowing the state, much less the town or street the house is on.
— Francis S. Collins
Quoted in Philip Elmer-Dewitt, et al.,'The Genetic Revolution', Time magazine (17 Jan 1994), 46-53.
