Craig Venter

It appears that the human genome does indeed contain deserts, or large, gene-poor regions. ”

The mouse genome is an invaluable tool to interpret the human genome. ”

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. ”

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. ”

If there is a race, it is one to bring the benefits of genomes to human therapeutics. We all want to get there. We all want people to have much more meaningful and productive lives as they age. ”

I don't see any absolute biological limit on human age. ”

I hope I'll be remembered for my scientific contribution to understanding life and human life. ”

You cannot look at a person's genes and say with any accuracy whether they are from one racial group or another. ”

Intellectual property is a key aspect for economic development. ”

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