When you have a natural genetic tan developed over centuries and many generations, the idea of soaking up rays by the pool has never made sense.
The ribosome is a machine that gets instructions from the genetic code and operates chemically in order to produce the product.
I wanted to reveal how genetic code is translated into protein. I knew a great application could be for antibiotics, since half of the useful ones target the ribosomes, but I didn't believe I could contribute to it. It was like the next Mount Everest to conquer. It was my dream to contribute something to humanity.
Henrietta Lacks' cells are immortal. They are known as the HeLa cell line, and they have become deeply involved in all sorts of medical and genetic research - sometimes in the most unexpected ways.
I'd like to be a geneticist to be honest, but there are limits to what I can do now. For my dream to come true I'd have to be 20 years old again, heading off to a blue chip university.
In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
It's genetic. I exercise, but I gain mass very quickly.
There are some people who're all doctors. Is it genetic?
Genetics play a huge part in who we are. But we also have free will.
I think we were colonized by aliens 250,000 years ago, and they genetically altered our DNA to be primates into homo erectus and humans. I'm very interested in how we evolved so suddenly, which obviously ties in with the alien thing.
