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In The News
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October 4, 2006 |
VisiGen Announced as Participant in the X
Prize Competition
VisiGen Biotechnologies, Inc.,
led by President and CEO Susan Hardin, has been announced as a
participant in the Archon X Prize for Genomics competition. $10
million will go to the first team to sequence 100 human genomes in 10
days time. [article] |
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October, 2006 |
World Technology Network Announces Finalists
Susan Hardin, President
and CEO of VisiGen Biotechnologies, Inc., has been named as a finalist
for the World Technology Network Award in the category of Health and
Medicine. [article] |
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February 28, 2006 |
Institute Honors VisiGen
President
AIMBE - Press Release
Susan Hardin, President
and CEO of VisiGen Biotechnologies, Inc., has been elected a Fellow of
the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in Washington, D.C. [PDF
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February 10, 2006 |
At Marco Island, New Sequencing Techs Steal the Show
GenomeWeb - Daily News
At the seventh annual Advances in Genome Biology and Technology Conference, held
here this week, attendees are spending a good amount of their time hearing about
next-generation DNA sequencing technology. [article] |
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January 8, 2006 |
$1000 for Your Genome?
The Boston Globe
Imagine if doctors could
tell you what diseases you're most susceptible to before you get sick --
and if scientists could create medicines to fit your personal genetics.
[article] |
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December 9, 2005 |
BioIT World Briefing on:
The $1000 Genome
BioIT World
Highlights the remarkable
technological progress that is bringing the "$1000 Genome" within reach
before the end of the decade. [article] |
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'Top
Houston Women in Technology' honoree
University of Houston News Release
Susan Hardin Recognized for Contribution in
BioNano Technology [article]
[photo]
Dr. Susan H. Hardin, President and CEO of
VisiGen Biotechnologies, Inc. and Associate
Professor of Biology and Biochemistry at the
University of Houston [website],
has been chosen one of Houston' top women in
technology. Hardin will be recognized with a
group of her peers at a gala June 12 when she
receives one of the "Top Houston Women in
Technology" awards for 2004.
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February 23, 2004 |
NIH offers $1000 Genome Grant
Genome Biology - Research
News
There is hope that the current cost of $10-50 million per mammalian genome can
be reduced in 10 years. [article] |
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Sept 7, 2003 |
The Quest for the $1000
Genome
MSNBC News
A THOUSAND DOLLARS is the
price considered essential for giving scientists the thousands of
sequenced samples they need to understand how genes work, and giving
patients access to a personalized DNA snapshot at the doctor’s office
that could show the diseases they are at risk of developing. [article] |
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