We can't any longer have the conventional understanding of genetics which everybody peddles because it is increasingly obvious … - Robert Winston

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It's important when you're married not to forget those things you used to do when you were trying to get her to marry you. You can't send flowers and buy gifts then, when you're married, say, 'Right, get my tea on'. That doesn't go down well. So you've got to keep that level of interest going.

Robert Winston

We can't any longer have the conventional understanding of genetics which everybody peddles because it is increasingly obvious that epigenetics - actually things which influence the genome's function - are much more important than we realised.

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The disturbed individual who believes himself to be Christ, or to receive messages from God, is something of a cliche in our society. Ever since Sigmund Freud, many people have associated religiosity with neurosis and mental illness.

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There were never any doctors in my family. But my grandparents and my mother had a strong social conscience that was formative.

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You can now modify the genes of large animals, and the largest animal we are concerned with is the human.

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