subject text <i> With it [private money], we sequenced the human genome in nine months instead of many, many years. The public money that flowed into the Human Genome Project, above all, created an enormous, inflexible bureaucracy. <!-- <p> And it is only because of private money that we can now sail across the ocean with this sailboat and discover 40 million genes -- there are only 41 million genes known to all of science. All you need are a few innovative ideas and independent funding to allow you to do things that other people can only dream about. --> </i> <p> - <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,709174-3,00.html">Craig Venter</a> password