Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Biologist Craig Venter Publishes 96% of His Own Genome

As reported by CNN.com today, Biologist and entrepreneur, J. Craig Venter, has recently published 96% (6 billion letters) of his own genetic code in the journal PLoS Biology. Venter was the head of Celera Genomics, a private company that concurrently worked on mapping the human genome alongside The Human Genome Project.

The article can be found here.

Furthermore, a direct link to the publication in PLoS Biology can be found here.

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