Craig Venter

The pace of digitizing life has been increasing exponentially.

We can now diagnose diseases that haven't even manifested in the patient, and may not until the fifth decade of life - if at all.

A lot of people spend their last decade of their lives in pain and misery combating disease.

There is a long history of how DNA sequencing can bring certainty to people's lives.

You can't have life without the genetic code.

The gene 'klotho' was named after the Greek Fate purported to spin the thread of life, because it contributes to longevity.

Life is a DNA software system.

Creating life at the speed of light is part of a new industrial revolution. Manufacturing will shift from centralised factories to a distributed, domestic manufacturing future, thanks to the rise of 3D printer technology.

Preventative medicine has to be the direction we go in. For example, if colon cancer is detected early - because a person knew he had a genetic risk and was having frequent exams - the surgery is relatively inexpensive and average survival is far greater than 10 years.

Early on, when you're working in a new area of science, you have to think about all the pitfalls and things that could lead you to believe that you had done something when you hadn't, and, even worse, leading others to believe it.

I suppose if there's a set of genes I have, it's detesting authority.

There's a lot of what I call 'bio-babble' and hype out there from a lot of bioenergy companies.