Leroy Hood Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“If you know the mother's genome and the father's genome, and you see that the children have some genes that neither parent has, then you know that difference is either a mutation or a processing error.”

“Medicine will be personalized and preventive: Your genome might predict that you have an 80 percent chance of breast cancer by the time you are 50, but if you take a preventive drug starting when you are 40, the chance will drop to 2 percent.”

“Don't listen to the prevailing majority points of view. If you have new ideas, push them.”

“I have good genes, and I also do lots of exercises.”

“I think the real problem is it's easy to persuade young kids of particular kinds of ideas, because they are flexible.”

“If a startup stays in Microsoft, it does not have a chance, because all it tries to do goes against what Microsoft is about.”

“If you go to the FDA with a drug that's only meant to treat 50 people, and it's a 95 percent cure rate, you'll get your drug approved.”

“Life is a process of evolution.”

“Many nonprofits rely on grants alone.”

“My own view about knowledge is we're always better to have knowledge.”