J. Craig Venter

J. Craig Venter is a biologist who mapped his own human genome. He is an advocate for gene mapping and gene research and speaks to political committees and academic researchers.

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Company sequences whole human genome for $1,700

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Want to know your entire DNA sequence? A California company has done it for as little as $1,700. Privately held Complete Genomics says it can do a better quality, usable genome map for about $4,400 -- compared with the $100 million the Human Genome Project spent to complete the first sequencing of the human genome in 2000. "Whole-genome sequencing costs have dropped from the more than $100 million cost of the first human genomes to the point where individual labs have generated genome sequences in a matter of months for material costs of as low as $48,000," the company's Radoje Drmanac ... Read Full Story

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The Economist’s Innovation Award for Bioscience given to J. Craig Venter Ph.D., for contributions to genomic research

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Winner’s genomic research recognised as potential to revolutionise personal medicine, pharmaceuticals, and biofuels Come and meet Dr Venter, president of the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI)(www.jcvi.org), as he accepts an award at The Economist’s Innovation Awards Ceremony in London on October 29th. Following the discovery of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), scientific research has evolved from understanding how to decode and map genomes to seek ways of building synthetic genomes from scratch. J. Craig Venter has been... Read Full Story

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Artificial Life is only months away - Venter

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Artificial life is only months away, says biologist Craig Venter - Times Online From The Times August 21, 2009 Artificial life is only months away, says biologist Craig Venter Mark Henderson, Science Editor div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited {color:#06c;} Artificial life will be created within four months, a controversial scientist has predicted. Craig Venter, who led a private project to sequence the human genome, told The Times that his team had cleared a critical hurdle to creating man-made organisms in a laboratory. Assuming we dont make any errors, I think it should work and we should have the first synthetic species by the ... Read Full Story

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Artificial life will be created 'within months' as genome experts claim vital breakthrough

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Scientists are only months away from creating artificial life, it was claimed yesterday. Dr Craig Venter – one of the world’s most famous and controversial biologists – said his U.S. researchers have overcome one of the last big hurdles to making a synthetic organism. The first artificial lifeform is likely to be a simple man-made bacterium that proves that the technology can work. But it will be followed by more complex bacteria that turn coal into cleaner natural gas, or algae that can soak up carbon dioxide and convert it into fuels. They could also be used to create new vaccines and antibiotics. The ... Read Full Story

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Gene swap experiment makes altering bugs easier

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers seeking ways to genetically-modify microbes to get them to do their bidding said on Thursday they had taken a big step toward their goal by transplanting an altered genome from one germ to another. They hope the experiment will help scientists alter bacteria to make new vaccines, clean up toxic waste and design new antibiotics. They also hope they can use the technique to try to create entirely synthetic microbes. Carole Lartigue and colleagues at the J. Craig Venter Institute in Maryland took the entire genome out of one type of bacteria, inserted it into yeast, genetically engineered it, and ... Read Full Story

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Medicine looks ahead at TED MED

“If you open your minds and let your imaginings run wild, you can see.” J. Craig Venter, the genomic scientist and founder of the J. Craig Venter Institute, was speaking yesterday about the potential for techniques involved in the field of synthetic life to improve medicine, but his words could have been applied to the all the talks during the opening session of TED MED (“TED” is for technology, entertainment, design). The conference is...

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Obama honors class of '70 grad for genome research

A week before his 63rd birthday, CSM alumnus John Craig Venter received the 2009 National Medal of Science from President Barack Obama on Oct. 7. Venter was one of nine recipients honored this year with the medal, the highest honor awarded annually to scientists.

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