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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

Topics: Come Could Define Definition Easily Genes Just Life Molecular Nature Refuses Set Thought Up Would

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We can now diagnose diseases that haven't even manifested in the patient, and may not until the fifth decade of life - if at all.

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Topics: Decade Diseases Even Fifth Life Manifested May Now Patient Until

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Even though people pretend that medical records are privileged information, anyone can already get their hands on them.

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Topics: Anyone Even Get Hands Information Medical Medical Records People Pretend Privileged Records Them Though

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Accuracy in the genetic field will be essential. Errors in testing could be disastrous.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Accuracy Could Disastrous Errors Essential Field Genetic Testing Will

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We're moving from reading the genetic code to writing it.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Code Genetic Moving Reading Writing

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Carole Lartigue led the effort to actually transplant a bacterial chromosome from one bacteria to another.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Actually Another Bacteria Effort Led Transplant

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Early on, when you're working in a new area of science, you have to think about all the pitfalls and things that could lead you to believe that you had done something when you hadn't, and, even worse, leading others to believe it.

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Topics: About Area Believe Could Done Early Even Even Worse Had Lead Leading New Others Pitfalls Science Something Things Think Working Worse You

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Mathematicians have been hiding and writing messages in the genetic code for a long time, but it's clear they were mathematicians and not biologists because, if you write long messages with the code that the mathematicians developed, it would more than likely lead to new proteins being synthesized with unknown functions.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Because Been Being Biologists Clear Code Developed Functions Genetic Hiding Lead Likely Long Long Time Mathematicians Messages More New Proteins Than Time Unknown Were Would Write Writing You

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We have trouble feeding, providing fresh, clean water, medicines, fuel for the six and a half billion. It's going to be a stretch to do it for nine.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Billion Clean Clean Water Feeding Fresh Fuel Going Half Medicines Nine Providing Six Stretch Trouble Water

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The pace of digitizing life has been increasing exponentially.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Been Exponentially Increasing Life Pace

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: October 14th, 1946

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