J. Craig Venter

American biotechnologist and entrepreneur known for leading Celera's human genome sequencing effort, pioneering whole-genome shotgun sequencing, and founding the J. Craig Venter Institute and Synthetic Genomics.

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  1. 1. A Life Decoded

    My Genome: My Life
    Cover of 'A Life Decoded' by J. Craig Venter

    This memoir follows a rebellious scientist from a rough adolescence and service as a Navy medic in Vietnam to the forefront of genomics, detailing the race between public and private efforts to sequence the human genome, the development of shotgun sequencing, the choice to decode his own DNA, and the ethical, political, and personal controversies that shaped his vision for personalized medicine and synthetic biology.

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