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Craig Venter
Craig Venter
American Scientist
Born: Oct 14, 1946
Life People Science Think Will You
Related authors: Ben Carson Carl Sagan E. O. Wilson George Washington Carver Isaac Asimov Margaret Mead Neil deGrasse Tyson W. Edwards Deming
The problem with existing biology is you change only one or two genes at a time. Craig Venter
Time You Change Problem Biology One Or Two Only Genes Existing The Problem With Two
Everybody is looking for a naturally occurring algae that is going to be a miracle cell to save the world, and after a century of looking, people still haven't found it. Craig Venter
People World Looking Save The World Everybody Miracle Still Cell Going After Century Naturally Found Save
There's a lot of what I call 'bio-babble' and hype out there from a lot of bioenergy companies. Craig Venter
Hype Out Call Lot Companies
Energy is probably the most pressing demand on our planet. Craig Venter
Energy Our Our Planet Pressing Demand Most Planet
The rich agricultural nations are the ones that can adapt to the new biotechnologies. Craig Venter
Rich New Nations Agricultural Adapt
There's not going to be any one replacement for oil: we need to have hundreds of solutions to this global issue. Craig Venter
Hundreds Solutions Global Issue Replacement Any Going Oil Need
We're a country of laws and rules, and the Supreme Court has ruled that life forms are patentable entities. Craig Venter
Life Country Ruled Rules Life Forms Entities Laws Supreme Supreme Court Court Forms
San Francisco is one of my favorite cities on the planet. Craig Venter
Francisco Favorite Cities San San Francisco Planet
I think from my experience in war and life and science, it all has made me believe that we have one life on this planet. Craig Venter
Life War Me Science Experience Made Believe Think Planet
I've had a very unusual background in science - not the usual route of planning on being a scientist from age 3. I think my story shows that success is more about personal motivation and determination than it is about where you were born or what your economic status was. Craig Venter
Success You Science Age Determination Think Background Status Born About More Economic Had Unusual Scientist Were Motivation Very Than Personal Being Where Story Success Is Your Planning Usual Shows Route
One important part of scientific training is that scientists learn the boundaries, the safety issues, how to properly deal with and dispose of chemicals and reagents. Craig Venter
Training Safety Important Properly Part Boundaries Learn Important Part Deal Scientific Chemicals How Scientists Issues Dispose
The leading edge of the best science in the world is being driven by private money, and investment money because of the scarcity of government money to do this. It's not only by far the best and most advanced science, we're driving the equation at Human Longevity that everyone else is beginning to follow as well. Craig Venter
Government Best Science World Money Edge Beginning Else Everyone Everyone Else Scarcity Follow Only Driven Driving Advanced Investment Leading Longevity Most Well Because Equation Private Human Being Far
If I had a weak ego, and doubts about this, the first genome would not yet have been completed with US and UK government funding. Craig Venter
Government Ego First Completed UK Weak Would About Had Genome Been Us Doubts Funding
Our genomes are evolving and changing every single day. Craig Venter
Day Single Every Changing Our Evolving Single Day Every Single Day
Accuracy in the genetic field will be essential. Errors in testing could be disastrous. Craig Venter
Will Field Could Genetic Disastrous Testing Errors Accuracy Essential
People equate patents with secrecy, that secrecy is what patents were designed to overcome. That's why the formula for Coca-Cola was never patented. They kept it as a trade secret, and they've outlasted patent laws by 80 years or more. Craig Venter
People Overcome Secrecy Secret Laws More Never Equate Trade Were Years Patent Patented Patents Formula Coca-Cola Why Designed Kept
People think genes are an absolute cause of traits. But the notion that the genome is the blueprint for humanity is a very bad metaphor. If you think we're hard-wired and deterministic, there should indeed be a lot more genes. Craig Venter
You Humanity People Cause Think Indeed Bad More Absolute Genes Genome Metaphor Lot Very Traits Blueprint Should Notion
'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
Service You People World Financial Internet Year Think About Data More Through Computers Know Revenue Dollars Provides Very Order Information Use Billion Billion Dollars Who Large Base Specialized
Carole Lartigue led the effort to actually transplant a bacterial chromosome from one bacteria to another. Craig Venter
Bacteria Another Led Effort Transplant Actually
Intellectual property is a key aspect for economic development. Craig Venter
Property Economic Development Key Economic Development Intellectual Intellectual Property Aspect
There are still so many questions to answer about the workings of the human body and, most mysterious of all, it is influenced by our state of mind. Craig Venter
Mind State Our About Mysterious Most Answer Still Questions Human Influenced Human Body Body Workings Many
Even with seemingly simple things like eye color, you can't tell from my genetic code whether I have blue eyes or not. So it's naive to think that complex human behaviors, like risk-seeking, are driven by changes in one or two genes. Craig Venter
You Eyes Simple Think Changes Complex Eye Tell One Or Two Seemingly Color Simple Things Driven Naive Genes Genetic Like Behaviors Blue Blue Eyes Human Whether Even Code Things Two
We know virtually all of the genes known to mammals. We do not know all of the combinations. Craig Venter
Virtually Combinations Genes Know Known Mammals
The interpretation of medicine today is 'do your clinical values fall within a normal range?' Everything in the globe right now is in the law of averages, which mean absolutely nothing to individuals. Craig Venter
Today Law Values Fall Nothing Interpretation Medicine Everything Range Absolutely Absolutely Nothing Individuals Globe Within Clinical Normal Which Mean Your Now Right
How we understand our own selves and how we work with our DNA software has implications that will affect everything from vaccine development to new approaches to antibiotics, new sources of food, new sources of chemicals, even potentially new sources of energy. Craig Venter
Work Food Will Own Energy Software Approaches Our Everything Potentially Development Implications New Understand Chemicals How Affect Sources Antibiotics Selves Even Vaccine
Now that we can read and write the genetic code, put it in digital form and translate it back into synthesized life, it will be possible to speed up biological evolution to the pace of social evolution. Craig Venter
Life Digital Will Speed Back Evolution Possible Write Put Genetic Read Up Form Pace Social Translate Code Now Biological
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