This transplantation step would be needed to activate synthetic chromosomes as well. So far, however, the new work is not accompanied by a peer-reviewed publication. Venter "is poised to announce" the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have assembled the entire genome of a living organism -- a bacterium -- in what they hope is an important step to creating artificial life. Sign up here. The bug, ...

Craig Venter has done it. After some fifteen years of research and $40 million, the pioneering scientist has created what some are calling the first "synthetic cell." His team synthesized a bacterial ...

For J. Craig Venter, the sky isn’t the limit, but Mars might be. The 67-year-old biologist and entrepeneur first mapped the human genome in the late 1990s using a technique he invented and called ...

Barbara Rae-Venter’s genealogical sleuthing acumen has inspired others to help law enforcement with unsolved cases, as well as an ethics and privacy debate. By Heather Murphy J. Craig Venter says his ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Experts in synthetic biology, including genome pioneer Craig Venter, will testify to Congress on Thursday about the latest developments in the field. The most immediate issue ...

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 ...

It has been 50 years since scientists first created DNA in a test tube, stitching ordinary chemical ingredients together to make life's most extraordinary molecule. Until recently, however, even the ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: J. Craig Venter is a Founder, Chair & President for the J. Craig Venter Institute with eight videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2000 Joint Committee ...

Craig Venter on ethics, innovation, and the need for mavericks in science today. Geneticist Craig Venter joins bioethicist Insoo Hyun to discuss the balance between ethics and innovation in science.