J. Craig Venter

What's next for J. Craig Venter, whose team mapped the human genome and created "synthetic life?" Maybe next year's flu vaccine he tells Steve Kroft. Sunday, Nov. 21, 7 p.m. ET/PT.

Steve Kroft profiles famous microbiologist J. Craig Venter, whose scientists have already mapped the human genome and created what he calls "the first synthetic species."

Steve Kroft profiles famous microbiologist J. Craig Venter, whose scientists have already mapped the human genome and created what he calls "the first synthetic species."

The time has come, where years of hard work pays off. Scientists at the J. Craig Venter institute believe that they have finally created the first form of synthetic life! Will the project be a success?

Dr. Craig Venter of the J. Craig Venter Institute gives some advice for future scientists and talks about the risks he and his team took in order to create synthetic life.

Scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute explain how synthetic genomes work, but what are the benefits?

J. Craig Venter Institute are bringing microbiologists together to attempt to build an artificial life form. Dan Gibson of the lab bench is working to develop DNA base pairs.