Some regard him as the most important scientist since Darwin. But he himself is only a little more modest. For the first time now, he can actually design life in a computer, make the DNA software, and create new life forms that have never existed before.
He cracked the genetic code using himself as a guinea pig, he created artificial life and he's been compared to God... and even to Hitler. Now he heads teams of scientists on a vital mission.
At the J. Craig Venter institute, near San Diego, teams of scientists are building on the original mapping of the genome. The information in our genes covers every aspect of our body, fro...
Title: The Frost Interview - Craig Venter: Designing life
Published on Dec 22, 2012
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