There needs to be clearer communication for the public avout how valuable it [animal testing] is.

I think it's important for scientists to be a bit less arrogant, a bit more humble, recognising we are capable of making mistakes and being fallaciou….

Man is a competitive creature, and the seeds of conflict are built deep into our genes. We fought each other on the savannah and only survived agains….

I don't like seeing myself on television and I don't enjoy filming. What I actually enjoy is thinking about how I am going to express something or ho….

Of course it is a very simple matter to identify genes which might modify intelligence or memory and start thinking about whether you want to enhance….

Ethics is not routinely taught to science students except in medicine, and I think it should be..

Childhood is not dead. Children were worse off when we were hunter-gatherers; they were threatened in medieval times and exploited during the Industr….

I don't much like being a public figure, because so often how people appear is not how they really are, and I think one of the issues about our socie….

My first vote was for a communist in east London when I was a medical student. But I've voted Tory, Labour and Lib Dem in my time..

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

I did not study science at school until I was 13, when I was totally turned on by a seemingly dreary old teacher who suddenly, unannounced, manufactu….

I went to school with butterflies of fear every day for years - from primary school onwards - not just worried about being bullied by classmates, but….

We live longer and healthier lives than ever before. Animal research has improved the treatment of infections, helped with immunisation, improved can….

To build and strengthen new connections, the brain needs the challenge of fresh and unusual stimuli. .... There's a lot of evidence to suggest that r….

A young woman in her teens has about 300,000 eggs in her ovaries. By the time she is menopausal, none are left..

Religion has endured since the dawn of human consciousness precisely because it encompasses so much of being human. No idea has endured so long, gath….

That Britain today is a liberal society is largely because of the philosophy and outlook of the Anglican Church, which did so much to shape our core ….

I love the French detective series 'Spiral.' It's quite brutal to watch, but I'm already hooked..

Surgeons always underestimate the pain and disability involved in what they do to people..

Having a child is arguably the most important thing you do in life..

Robots may cut down on infection and mean a consultant can see more patients, but wouldn't you rather meet the doctor than a machine?.