183 Quotes by Craig Venter

There are enzymes called restriction enzymes that actually digest DNA.

We're a country of laws and rules, and the Supreme Court has ruled that life forms are patentable entities.

It's quite comforting to me as an individualist that we're not very close to being clones of one other.

Darwin didn't walk around the Galapagos and come up with the theory of evolution. He was exploring, collecting, making observations. It wasn't until he got back and went through the samples that he noticed the differences among them and put them in context.

There is a long history of how DNA sequencing can bring certainty to people's lives.

Creating life at the speed of light is part of a new industrial revolution. Manufacturing will shift from centralised factories to a distributed, domestic manufacturing future, thanks to the rise of 3D printer technology.

Mitochondrial DNA is in higher concentration, lasts longer, and can be extracted from bones.

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.

My genetic autobiography can be found throughout my body.