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[The tests agreed] that I was at higher risk than the average person for Type 2 diabetes, which is what my lab works on. In fact, some of the things they were testing for were variants that we had discovered.
Francis Collins
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Francis Collins
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: April 14
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Nobody gets argued all the way into becoming a believer on the sheer basis of logic and reason. That requires a leap of faith.
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When does life begin? When does the soul enter? That's a religious question. Science is not going to be able to help with that.
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