Geneticist J. Craig Venter: 'I consider retirement tantamount to death'

The human genome 'maverick' talks sequencing the ocean, setting up a health-screening company after checking his own genes - and why he has no plans to stop.

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The article tells the story of a human genome scientist who sequenced the genes of the ocean, set up a health-screening company after checking his own genes, and explains why he has no plans to stop.