Collins, Venter Celebrate, but Obstacles to Future Collaboration Remain

Jun 29, 2000

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FRANCIS Collins, director of the US National Human Genome Research Institute, and Craig Venter, president of Celera Genomics, seemed to put their bitter battle for the genomics limelight behind them last week when they held a joint news conference to celebrate the sequencing of the human genome.

But the smiles and handshakes might prove temporary as both parties determine when, where, and how to publish their findings.

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