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

- Robert Winston

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…

- Robert Winston

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

- Robert Winston

Scientists need to be prepared to engage, and the best people to engage with are students, ideally from primary school because there's no question th…

- Robert Winston

Nearly all inventions are not recognised for their positive side either when they're made. So, for example, scientists didn't go out to design a CD m…

- Robert Winston

Now we have technology where we can modify the genomics of individuals by gene transfer and genetic meddling, we may find that people will want to mo…

- Robert Winston

I think that good parenting should allow children to be children. That naivety and slightly open way of looking at the world is very valuable.

- Robert Winston

It is important that legislation keeps pace with scientific progress.

- Robert Winston

Both in Britain and America, huge publicity has been given to stem cells, particularly embryonic stem cells, and the potential they offer. Of course,…

- Robert Winston