Craig Venter wants to patent some life forms
Craig Venter, the controversial entrepreneur who led the private-sector effort to sequence the human genome, is now seeking a patent for a “minimal genome,” a type of synthetic biology aimed at creating life forms, or living “machines.”
It may even be used for creating ethanol or other biofuels, something that several other companies are working on.
The US patent application (see the application here), filed by Hamilton Smith and colleagues at the J. Craig Venter Institute… Continue Reading