• He rivaled the Human Genome Project with a faster approach, helping achieve the first draft of the human genome in 2000. • His work advanced understanding of disease and helped pave the way for ...

J. Craig Venter, who mapped the first draft of the human genome and helped scientists understand how genes shape our lives, died Wednesday. He was 79. Venter’s death was announced by the J. Craig ...

J. Craig Venter, a scientist who played a critical role in the sequencing of the human genome, has died at the age of 79, according to his namesake research institute. Venter's company, Celera ...

• J. Craig Venter, a pioneer of human genome sequencing, died at 79 after complications from cancer treatment. • He rivaled the Human Genome Project with a faster approach, helping achieve the first ...

Pioneering scientist J. Craig Venter has died at 79. His "whole genome shotgun method" helped genome sequencing become faster and cheaper. Craig Venter, pioneering human genome decoder, dies at 79 J.