Jonathan Rothberg is betting that $3 million will get labs around the world working on how to speed up the already rapid ascent of his new DNA sequencing technology. On 14 December, Rothberg, founder of Ion Torrent, which uses semiconductor know-how to build miniature sequencing machines, announced three $1 million prizes for researchers who can make his chip technology "faster, more accurate, and even more scalable."
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