J. Craig Venter, Scientist Who Decoded the Human Genome, Dies at 79

Scritto il 30/04/2026
da Nicholas Wade

A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races.J. Craig Venter, next to Algae growth in his greenhouse in La Jolla, Calif., competed with a rival team of scientists in assembling the first human genome.