Venter 'Decodes' Genome Project Controversy


	Venter 'Decodes' Genome Project Controversy

kmcolo

11-12-2007 7:30 PM

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podcast, fresh air, genomics, dna

kmcolo says:

Ignore the man, ignore the ego, ignore the book. But listen to what he has to say about the science of the human genome project and about science in general. That is interesting.

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<P><SPAN class="program"><EM><A href="http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13">Fresh Air from WHYY</A>, </EM></SPAN><SPAN class="date">November 5, 2007 · </SPAN>                         In his effort to decode the human genome, scientist J. Craig Venter volunteered his own DNA to be analyzed and made publicly available.  His autobiography, <EM>A Life Decoded — My Genome: My Life</EM> details his side of the complicated and bureaucratic race to sequence the human genome.</p> <P>Venter's early work to decode the genome through private research company Celera Genomics earned him both praise and criticism.  His team competed with the National Institutes of Health publicly funded effort, the Human Genome Project.</p> <P>Venter founded The Institute for Genomic Research in 1992 and is the president of the <A target="_BLANK" href="http://www.jcvi.org/">J. Craig Venter Institute</A>.</p> </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/CB1BEF20-4025-4B6C-B4D7-3C017DF4F8A8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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