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" Since my own genome was sequenced, my software has been broadcast into space in the form of electromagnetic waves, carrying my genetic information far beyond Earth. Whether there is any creature out there capable of making sense of the instructions in my genome, well, that's another question. "

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" There have been lots of stories written about all the hype over getting the genome done and the letdown of not discovering lots of cures right after. "

Craig Venter

Hype

Done

Right

" There are enzymes called restriction enzymes that actually digest DNA. "

" We have trouble feeding, providing fresh, clean water, medicines, fuel for the six and a half billion. It's going to be a stretch to do it for nine. "

" People think genes are an absolute cause of traits. But the notion that the genome is the blueprint for humanity is a very bad metaphor. If you think we're hard-wired and deterministic, there should indeed be a lot more genes. "

" The Janus-like nature of innovation - its responsible use and so on - was evident at the very birth of human ingenuity, when humankind first discovered how to make fire on demand. "

" We have 100 genes or so, which we know we can't knock out without killing the cell, that are of unknown structure. "

" Everybody is looking for a naturally occurring algae that is going to be a miracle cell to save the world, and after a century of looking, people still haven't found it. "

" People equate patents with secrecy, that secrecy is what patents were designed to overcome. That's why the formula for Coca-Cola was never patented. They kept it as a trade secret, and they've outlasted patent laws by 80 years or more. "

" We can do genetics. We can do experiments on fruit flies. We can do experiments on yeast. It's not so easy to do experiments on humans. So, in fact, it helps us, to interpret our own genetic code, to have the genetic code of the other species. "

" Sailing is a big outlet for me. "

Craig Venter

Big

Sailing

" A lot of people spend their last decade of their lives in pain and misery combating disease. "

" There are still so many questions to answer about the workings of the human body and, most mysterious of all, it is influenced by our state of mind. "

" A doctor can save maybe a few hundred lives in a lifetime. A researcher can save the whole world. "

" Companies, cities, and potentially even individuals could have a small refinery to make their own fuel. "

" One of the fundamental discoveries I made about myself - early enough to make use of it - was that I am driven to seize life and to understand it. The motor that pushes me is propelled by more than scientific curiosity. "

Craig Venter

I Am

Myself

" I think I've achieved some good things; doing the first genome in history - my team on that was phenomenal and all the things they pulled together; writing the first genome with a synthetic cell; my teams at the Venter Institute, Human Longevity, and before that Celera. "

" In the past, geneticists have looked at so-called disease genes, but a lot of people have changes in their genes and don't get these diseases. There have to be other parts of physiology and genetics that compensate. "

" That's the nice thing about the field of science - the test of time sorts out the truth. "

" There's not going to be any one replacement for oil: we need to have hundreds of solutions to this global issue. "

" I'm hoping that these next 20 years will show what we did 20 years ago in sequencing the first human genome, was the beginning of the health revolution that will have more positive impact in people's lives than any other health event in history. "

" I am not sure our brains and our psychologies are ready for immortality. "

" I have this idea of trying to catalog all the genes on the planet. "

" My genetic autobiography can be found throughout my body. "

" Intellectual property is a key aspect for economic development. "

" I think I'm a survivor. I could have suffered at least 100 professional deaths. I could come up with a list of the 100 times I've come closest to death, from having pneumonia as a child to car crashes. "

" The leading edge of the best science in the world is being driven by private money, and investment money because of the scarcity of government money to do this. It's not only by far the best and most advanced science, we're driving the equation at Human Longevity that everyone else is beginning to follow as well. "

" If I had a weak ego, and doubts about this, the first genome would not yet have been completed with US and UK government funding. "

" The gene 'klotho' was named after the Greek Fate purported to spin the thread of life, because it contributes to longevity. "

" We all evolved out of the same three or four groups in Africa, as black Africans. "

" The chemistry from compounds in the environment is orders of magnitude more complex than our best chemists can produce. "