In his latest book, genetic guru J. Craig Venter envisions a brave new world where DNA can be teleported between planets and where custom-made bacteria produce drugs, food and biofuel — but he also ...

Within the next five years, J. Craig Venter's Human Longevity will offer its intensive physical exams at 300 more centers in the U.S. and around the world, Venter said at the Forbes Under 30 Summit in ...

The genomics pioneer Craig Venter is being accused of stealing trade secrets by Human Longevity, the San Diego genomics company he founded and recently departed. Human Longevity on Friday filed a suit ...

DNA pioneer Craig Venter’s startup Synthetic Genomics Inc. on Monday announced the appointment of a new CEO from a major pharmaceutical company. Oliver Fetzer, previously president and CEO of ...

A Nobel laureate, he identified an enzyme that cuts DNA, laying the groundwork for milestones in scientific research and medicine, like insulin. By Delthia Ricks Barbara Rae-Venter’s genealogical ...

In between bites of eggs Benedict, genome guru Craig Venter paused recently to share a sobering lesson he learned in the dreamy waters of Cocos Island in the tropical Pacific. “The trick to swimming ...

ExxonMobil and Craig Venter made a big splash back in 2009 when they announced a research alliance to explore the potential for milking oil out of algae. Exxon said that if Venter's Synthetic Genomics ...

Craig Venter’s career has been the stuff of lore. He founded Celera Genomics to compete with the Human Genome Project, and made it onstage with Francis Collins, President Bill Clinton and Prime ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Edogawa NICHE Prize for the year 2020 has been awarded to Dr. John Craig Venter for his contribution to research and development pertaining to the Human genome. This honor ...

Craig Venter, the maverick biologist who helped revolutionize science through his role in sequencing the human genome, has sold the biomedical research center he built in La Jolla to UC San Diego, his ...

J Craig Venter has been a molecular-biology pioneer for two decades. After developing expressed sequence tags in the 90s, he led the private effort to map the human genome, publishing the results in ...