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After more than two weeks, the Grauniad now has an #obituary for #CraigVenter: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/14/craig-venter-obituary I was kind of surprised that he died at a normal age, rather than using his resources to engineer his own immortality.

#science #genome #DNA #sequencing #humanGenome

J. #CraigVenter, Scientist Who Decoded the #Human #Genome, Dies at 79
A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races.
Dr. #Venter, a risk-taker and intense competitor, made a bold move when he decided that the #HumanGenomeProject, a $3 billion government program for decoding the human genome, was moving slowly enough that he could enter the race late and beat it with a much faster method.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/science/j-craig-venter-dead.html
https://archive.ph/ACJEt

J. #CraigVenter, Scientist Who Decoded the #Human #Genome, Dies at 79
A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races.
Dr. #Venter, a risk-taker and intense competitor, made a bold move when he decided that the #HumanGenomeProject, a $3 billion government program for decoding the human genome, was moving slowly enough that he could enter the race late and beat it with a much faster method.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/science/j-craig-venter-dead.html
https://archive.ph/ACJEt

J. #CraigVenter, Scientist Who Decoded the #Human #Genome, Dies at 79
A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races.
Dr. #Venter, a risk-taker and intense competitor, made a bold move when he decided that the #HumanGenomeProject, a $3 billion government program for decoding the human genome, was moving slowly enough that he could enter the race late and beat it with a much faster method.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/science/j-craig-venter-dead.html
https://archive.ph/ACJEt

J. #CraigVenter, Scientist Who Decoded the #Human #Genome, Dies at 79
A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races.
Dr. #Venter, a risk-taker and intense competitor, made a bold move when he decided that the #HumanGenomeProject, a $3 billion government program for decoding the human genome, was moving slowly enough that he could enter the race late and beat it with a much faster method.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/science/j-craig-venter-dead.html
https://archive.ph/ACJEt

J. #CraigVenter, Scientist Who Decoded the #Human #Genome, Dies at 79
A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races.
Dr. #Venter, a risk-taker and intense competitor, made a bold move when he decided that the #HumanGenomeProject, a $3 billion government program for decoding the human genome, was moving slowly enough that he could enter the race late and beat it with a much faster method.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/science/j-craig-venter-dead.html
https://archive.ph/ACJEt

"J. Craig Venter, the scientist who raced to decode the human genome, has died at 79.

Venter rose to fame in the field for publishing the first bacterial genome ever decoded, along with a list on gene annotations, in 1995. The achievement kicked off an age of discovery in genetics, with researchers racing to decode the genomes of other pathogens—and eventually, animals."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/infamous-geneticist-and-decoder-of-the-human-genome-j-craig-venter-dies-at-79/

#CraigVenter #Genetics #Genomes #Obituary

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