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Oct 31, 2007

On the Colbert Report, Craig Venter discusses his genome, his new book, and synthetic biology. In this video, Venter says he thought about patenting his own genome but then his mom called, claiming she had something to do with its invention. Watch Stephen Colbert get Venter to say that God made horrible mistakes right here.

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Billions for Antivirals

The US is putting $3.2 billion toward a program to develop antivirals to treat COVID-19 in its early stages, the Wall Street Journal reports.

NFT of the Web

Tim Berners-Lee, who developed the World Wide Web, is auctioning its original source code as a non-fungible token, Reuters reports.

23andMe on the Nasdaq

23andMe's shares rose more than 20 percent following its merger with a special purpose acquisition company, as GenomeWeb has reported.

Science Papers Present GWAS of Brain Structure, System for Controlled Gene Transfer

In Science this week: genome-wide association study ties variants to white matter stricture in the brain, and more.