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clarifying?

the article mentions venter's shotgun method being rejected by the human genome project because it was more difficult and costly, but more difficult and costly than what? other methods it was being compared to are not mentioned. should they be? SykeSinger (talk) 06:37, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Prostate cancer date of diagnosis

Was the prostate cancer he had originally diagnosed in 2016 or in 2026? Wikipedia currently says 2026, but the article it refers to says 2016. ~2026-26915-78 (talk) 07:16, 3 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

That was probably a typo. I've fixed it. Scientia potentia est, MonarchOfTerror 22:32, 3 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Economist tribute to Craig Venter

The Intelligence podcast (The Economist) published 2026-05-08, included a tribute to Craig Venter:

The Intelligence from The Economist | May 8th 2026

Drone team: Russia's plan to arm Iran
A tribute to Craig Venter, dark horse of the Human Genome Project.

Craig Venter tribute starting from: 00:21:32
Episode webpage: https://shows.acast.com/theintelligencepodcast/episodes/drone-team-russias-plan-to-arm-iran
Media file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/theintelligencepodcast/e/69fd9e0b2ba0ef2ccacd1175/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=3uFRYWUcT7lAF-rJyylMDmXN0z82ffoarsBFOJsNn2U#t=1292

Also, The Economist published an obituary:

The outsider | Craig Venter raced to decode the human genome: The dark horse of the Human Genome Project died on April 29th, aged 79

This is not exactly my domain, so I share this in the hope that others, more knowledgeable on this subject, can explore if and how this podcast could provide relevant citation(s) and/or enrich the article.
Enquire (talk) 19:09, 15 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]