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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

Topics: Believe Experience Life Made Me Planet Science Think War I Think

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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

Topics: About Age Background Being Born Determination Economic Had More Motivation Personal Planning Route Science Scientist Shows Status Story Success Success Is Than Think Unusual Usual Very Were Where You Your I Think

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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

Topics: Boundaries Chemicals Deal Dispose How Important Important Part Issues Learn Part Properly Safety Scientific Scientists Training

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As the Industrial Age is drawing to a close, I think that we're witnessing the dawn of the era of biological design.

~Craig Venter

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Cells will die in minutes to days if they lack their genetic information system. They will not evolve, they will not replicate, and they will not live.

~Craig Venter

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Every single cancer is a genetic disease. Not necessarily inherited from your parents, but it's genetic changes which cause cancer. So as we sequence the genomes of tumours and compare those to the sequence of patients, we're getting down to the fundamental basis of each individual person's cancer.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Basis Cancer Cause Changes Compare Disease Down Each Each Individual Every Fundamental Genetic Getting Individual Inherited Necessarily Parents Patients Person Sequence Single Those Which Your

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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

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Show me a highly successful person in any field that has gotten there having a weak ego. You have to believe in yourself, and you have to believe in what you're doing.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Any Believe Believe In Yourself Doing Ego Field Gotten Having Highly Me Person Show Successful Successful Person Weak You Yourself

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I think I've achieved some good things; doing the first genome in history - my team on that was phenomenal and all the things they pulled together; writing the first genome with a synthetic cell; my teams at the Venter Institute, Human Longevity, and before that Celera.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Achieved Before Cell Doing First Genome Good Good Things History Human Institute Longevity Phenomenal Pulled Some Synthetic Team Teams Things Think Together Writing I Think

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I'm hoping that these next 20 years will show what we did 20 years ago in sequencing the first human genome, was the beginning of the health revolution that will have more positive impact in people's lives than any other health event in history.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Any Beginning Did Event First Genome Health History Hoping Human Impact Lives More Next Other People Positive Positive Impact Revolution Show Than Will Years Years Ago

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: October 14th, 1946

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