Look around this room. We are all different, and a disease that I might have, if I had Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease, it probably would affect me differently than if one of you had that disease, and if we both had Parkinson's disease, and we took the same medication, but we had different genetic makeup, we probably would have a different result, and it could well be that a drug that worked wonderfully for me was actually ineffective for you, and similarly, it could be that a drug that is harmful for you is safe for me, and, you know, this seems totally obvious, but unfortunately it is not the way that the pharmaceutical industry has been developing drugs because, until now, it hasn't had the tools.
Priviți în jur. Suntem toți diferiți. O boală pe care aș putea să o am eu, Alzheimer sau Parkinson, m-ar afecta diferit pe mine decât pe unul dintre voi, iar dacă amândoi am avea Parkinson și amândoi am lua aceiași medicație, având un bagaj genetic diferit, am avea probabil un rezultat diferit. E posibil ca un medicament care a fost minunat pentru mine să fie ineficient pentru tine. Similar, un medicament care ție îţi face rău mie să nu-mi facă rău. Deşi evident, nu așa abordează industria farmaceutică dezvoltarea medicamentelor, deoarece, până în prezent, n-au avut mijloacele potrivite.