“Basic research is not the same as development. A crash programme for the latter may be successful; but for the former it is like trying to make nine women pregnant at once in the hope of getting a baby in a month's time.” TryingMaySuccessfulBabyMonthsDevelopmentResearchNineFormerBeing SuccessfulLatterStatisticsPregnantCrashProgrammesBasic Research Author:Richard Doll
“Biology is far from understanding exactly how a single cell develops into a baby, but research suggests that human development can ultimately be explained in terms of biochemistry and molecular biology. Most scientists would make a similar statement about evolution.” HumansUnderstandingTermBabyDevelopmentEvolutionResearchScientistStatementsCellsBiologyHuman DevelopmentBiochemistryMolecular Biology Author:Kenneth R. Miller
“Babies breathe a lot more rapidly than adults do, and what's more, they're also growing quickly and so they're absorbing lots more into the body and they're more fragile in terms of development and so on.” BodyTermGrowingBabyDevelopmentAdultsBreatheFragileAbsorbing Author:Francis Thompson