Top 81 Quotes & Sayings by Mark Walport - Page 2

We clearly have to reduce harmful energy emissions. Everyone acknowledges we simply can't switch off fossil fuels overnight.

No one likes doing primate experiments, but some research can only be done on monkeys.

Of course methane is a fossil fuel, but as long as it is burned efficiently and fugitive emissions of methane gas are minimised, it is a less harmful fossil fuel than coal and oil and is an important way-station on the global journey towards low-carbon energy.

It is absolutely key that funding is used to support the best scientists with the best ideas.

Wellcome Collection will be an exciting place in which to explore themes of human well-being, starting with the powerful collections of Sir Henry Wellcome.

Maximum distribution of research findings is essential to maximise their impact.

I think publishing is a cost of research in the same way as buying a centrifuge is a cost of research.

The government is right to recognise the importance of science and technology, but I think it is a mistake to ringfence funds.

We're learning how infections are travelling around the world and, sadly, how cholera in Haiti was brought in by U.N. peacekeeping forces from south Asia.

The question is, are there useful things that we can do with the results of a genome sequence that would bring benefit? And the answer is, today, should the majority of people go and have their genome sequenced? Probably not. But are there particular circumstances in which genome sequencing is really helpful? Yes, there are.

The problem of poor vision has gone unnoticed for too long - it's astounding that 700 years after glasses were first invented, there are still 2.5 billion people across the world without access to something as simple as eye screening or a pair of glasses.

One of the biggest costs in the whole scientific publishing world is borne by the academic community, which is the peer review.

When you check into a hotel, they don't need to know your name and address; they just need to know that the bill will be paid. People should ask questions.

The Wellcome Trust will retain a level of financial flexibility which will enable us to react quickly to unexpected developments and new ideas.

We do some experiments in humans, some in mice, and there are some questions that can only be answered in nonhuman primates. It's true that you can't immediately say that those experiments will translate into human health, but nevertheless, it is obvious that having an understanding of human memory is going to be important for human health.

One has to understand the functioning of the normal brain before studying the badly malfunctioning brain.

Clearly, climate change is an extremely important threat to us.

Scientists have argued that research is good for health, wealth, and society, and the government has trusted them on that.

We owe it to ourselves and to our policy makers to have a high standard of public debate about the future of our energy supplies.

There is usually a long interval between important scientific discoveries and impact on human health.

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