Craig Venter interview with Der Spiegel

excerpt:

Venter: … For me, it's either faith or science - you can't have both.

SPIEGEL: So you don't consider Collins to be a true scientist?

Venter: Let's just say he's a government administrator.

and

SPIEGEL: So the Human Genome Project has had very little medical benefits so far?

Venter: Close to zero to put it precisely.

Hm, this interview might provide good fodder for a Genetics and Society discussion in ANTH204

Familial DNA on pizza crust

So the LAPD caught the Grim Sleeper based on 2 controversial aspects of DNA profiling: familial DNA matches (they 1st IDed him through his son) and sample-stalking (they retrieved DNA from a discarded pizza crust) -- a good "genetics and society" case study...

LA Times article via title link. Science Insider link here.