Famed DNA pioneer Craig Venter
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Famed DNA pioneer Craig Venter dies at 79

American biochemist and geneticist Craig Venter has died, US media report.

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Venter became world-famous around the turn of the millennium as one of the leaders of the effort to map the human genome. In 2007, Venter and his colleagues became the first to publish a complete genome sequence for an individual. The genome was Venter's own.

Craig Venter turned 79.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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