In order to protect the market value of a proprietary database, the owner must prohibit redistribution of the contents – otherwise, the information would quickly leak out and be widely known. John Sulston Read Quote
When results are shared freely amongst the biological community, as has been done for the worm and the Human Genome Projects, specialist scientists can move much more rapidly towards their goals. John Sulston Read Quote
It is not a Pandora’s box that science opens; it is, rather, a treasure chest. We, humanity, can choose whether or not to take out the discoveries and use them, and for what purpose. John Sulston Read Quote
It is very clear that the present system of innovation for medicines is very inefficient and really somewhat corrupt. It benefits shareholders over patients; it produces for the rich markets and not for the poor and does not produce for minority diseases. John Sulston Read Quote
I wandered along to the chemistry labs, more or less on the rebound, and asked about becoming a research student. It was the ’60s, a time of university expansion: the doors were open, and a 2:1 was good enough to get me in. John Sulston Read Quote
The human world lives in a framework called global economics. We live in a system based on GDP, which drives consumption. it causes people to compete with each other through trade in a way that they all grow. John Sulston Read Quote
The myth is that IP rights are as important as our rights in castles, cars, and corn oil. IP is supposedly intended to encourage inventors and the investment needed to bring their products to the clinic and marketplace. John Sulston Read Quote
In science, as in business, there must be structures that ensure the well endowed do not use their position to block competition. John Sulston Read Quote
As far back as I remember, and earlier, I was an artisan, a maker and doer. Mechanically minded, my parents said. John Sulston Read Quote
We can choose to address the twin issues of population and consumption to rebalance the use of resources to a more egalitarian pattern of consumption. John Sulston Read Quote
