The Genome War: How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World.Many readers are familiar with the framework of this story: J. Craig Venter  The introduction of this article is too short.To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, it should be expanded. broke away from the National Institutes of Health in the late 1990s to start a private venture that would go head-to-head with the government agency in the race to map the human genome. Venter venter /ven·ter/ (ven´ter) pl. ven´tres [L.] 1. a fleshy contractile part of a muscle. 2. abdomen. 3. a hollowed part or cavity. ven·ter n. believed that he could achieve this goal about 4 years sooner than Francis Collins and his team at NIH "Not invented here." See digispeak. NIH - The United States National Institutes of Health. could. The result was an accelerated pace for both groups' research and a lot of money for Venter and his former company Celera. Shreeve was allowed unlimited access to Celera, and from it he reveals the drama of the surprisingly rancorous ran·cor n. Bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will. See Synonyms at enmity. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin, rancid smell, from Latin contest. Collins felt strongly that the human genome shouldn't belong to anyone, while Venter thought otherwise, while explaining business angles and exploring egos, Shreeve offers an accessible introduction to genetics
Genetics is the study of how living things receive common traits from previous generations. and how the scientists overcame its many obstacles. Shreeve's access to Venter provides many firsthand accounts of the entrepreneur's experiences that haven't been documented elsewhere. Knopf, 2004, 403 p., hardcover, $26.95. |
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