In the past, geneticists have looked at so-called disease genes, but a lot of people have changes in their genes and don't get these diseases. There have to be other parts of physiology and genetics that compensate. Craig Venter callcompensatedisease share on social
One of the challenges with a government health system, like in the UK, with all of this data, is that you have a government making decisions on which treatments they'll pay for and which ones they won't. That's a dangerous, dangerous, place to get into society. Craig Venter challengedangerousdatum share on social
The gene 'klotho' was named after the Greek Fate purported to spin the thread of life, because it contributes to longevity. Craig Venter contributefategene Change image and share on social
My complaint is that there are more books and news articles than there are primary scientific papers. I am probably the biggest critic of the hypesters, because it's dangerous when fields get overhyped. Craig Venter articlebigbook share on social
We can do genetics. We can do experiments on fruit flies. We can do experiments on yeast. It's not so easy to do experiments on humans. So, in fact, it helps us, to interpret our own genetic code, to have the genetic code of the other species. Craig Venter codeeasyexperiment share on social
Organisms in the ocean provide over 40 percent of the oxygen we breathe, and they're the major sink for capturing all the carbon dioxide we constantly release into the atmosphere. Craig Venter atmospherebreathecapture Change image and share on social
'Bloomberg's, you know, for people who don't use the service, provides through the Internet - through specialized computers - information about the financial world. It's a very large data base. I think they have on the order of a billion dollars or more a year in revenue. Craig Venter basebillionbloomberg share on social
You'd need a very specialized electron microscope to get down to the level to actually see a single strand of DNA. Craig Venter dnaelectronlevel Change image and share on social
I naively thought that we could have a molecular definition for life, come up with a set of genes that would minimally define life. Nature just refuses to be so easily quantified. Craig Venter definedefinitioneasily Change image and share on social
Traditional ways of distinguishing populations are irrelevant in terms of genetic code. Craig Venter codedistinguishgenetic Change image and share on social
