Jennifer Doudna In the past, when we’ve tried gene therapy, we haven’t had tools that have allowed targeted gene correction. – Jennifer Doudna Allowed Quotes Correction Quotes Gene Quotes Targeted Quotes Therapy Quotes Tools Quotes As mechanistic biologists, we are hoping that by understanding how the virus works at the molecular level, we will be able to predict with more accuracy how it will evolve. One can envisage taking cells from a patient with sickle-cell anaemia or an inherited blood disorder and using the Cas9 system to fix the underlying genetic cause of the disease by putting those cells back into the patient and allowing them to make copies of themselves to support the patient’s blood.
Mark Rylance I didn’t particularly aim to be a Shakespeare actor, but I suppose I had a certain gift or it; I certainly got offered lots of it. I liked Complicite and Shared Experience and Kick Theatre, and all the small theatre companies that were getting going. I wanted to be like that, making original theatre. – Mark Rylance
Marco van Basten There’s a big difference between being a footballer and being a coach. – Marco van Basten
Douglas Wood When I saw ‘The Player’, I came out with knots in my stomach because it was so true to my experience. – Douglas Wood
Jerry Leiber Irving Berlin was the greatest songwriter of all time. I was in awe of him. But his music wasn’t my music. My music was the blues. – Jerry Leiber
Shakin' Stevens I still love being on the road. I’ve been doing it since I left school. It’s in my blood, it’s in my bones. – Shakin’ Stevens
Kay Bailey Hutchison Cheerleading gave me a love of sports, which I brought to the Senate. I can talk to the good ol’ boys about college sports because I follow it like they do. – Kay Bailey Hutchison
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