Craig Venter, a key figure in sequencing the human genome, has died at the age of 79.
Venter's company, Celera Genomics, attempted to use faster, cheaper methods to sequence human genetic code before the government-funded Human Genome Project was completed.
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Pioneering scientist J. Craig Venter has died at 79. His "whole genome shotgun method" helped genome sequencing become faster and cheaper.
