Identical twins don't have identical DNA. As this ScienCentral News video explains, this surprising research could help scientists better understand genetic diseases in the rest of us.

''Can we create new life out of our digital universe?'' asks Craig Venter. And his answer is, yes, and pretty soon. He walks the TED2008 audience through his latest research into ''fourth-generation fuels'' -- biologically created fuels with CO2 as their feedstock. His talk covers the details of creating brand-new chromosomes using digital ...

Last week, scientists from the J. Craig Venter Institute announced that they had created the world's first full bacterial genome.

Four separate studies have found genes that are related to lupus. This identification could lead to better diagnosis, and hopefully, eventually, a cure.

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Gene pioneer Dr. J. Craig Venter gives the 32nd Richard Dimbleby Lecture, originally broadcast on Dec 4, 2007 on BBC1. One of the principal scientists who decoded the human genome is about to create the first artificial life form on Earth. So what does the future hold in A DNA-Driven World?

J. Craig Venter visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book, ''A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life.'' This event took place on November 12, 2007 as part of the Authors@Google series.

It has been shown that much of the DNA in our cells is a result of retroviruses.  To boot, HIV is a retrovirus.  A retrovirus invades the cell and becomes part of an individual's genome, and generations pass them down through vertical gene transfer.  The way a person picks up a virus or retrovirus is through horizontal gene ...

Craig Venter, head of the now completed Human Genome Project and director of the J. Craig Venter Institute which is dedicated to the pursuit of many scientific strategies (the study of microorganisms to produce alternative fuels, an XPrize competition to sequence a human genome for under $1,000, and many other things) as well as a frequent ...

By popular demand, here is the full updated documentary ''Ghost in your Genes'', aired on PBS's NOVA program on October 16, 2007.