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WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 04: (L-R) Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute; former Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-LA), President and CEO of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing Association; Dr. J. Craig Venter, Chairman and CEO of the J. Craig Venter Institute; Anousheh Ansari, first female private space explorer and Co-Founder and Chairman of Prodea Systems, Inc.; and Dr. Stewart Blusson, President of Archon Minerals, watch promotional footage of the Archon X PRIZE for Genomics during a news conference October 4, 2006 in Washington, DC. The X PRIZE Foundation announced the global competition to develop technology that could dramatically reduce the time and cost of sequencing human genomes. The first team that successfully sequences 100 human genomes in 10 days will be awarded with $10 million. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 04: (L-R) Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute; former Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-LA), President and CEO of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing Association; Dr. J. Craig Venter, Chairman and CEO of the J. Craig Venter Institute; Anousheh Ansari, first female private space explorer and Co-Founder and Chairman of Prodea Systems, Inc.; and Dr. Stewart Blusson, President of Archon Minerals, watch promotional footage of the Archon X PRIZE for Genomics during a news conference October 4, 2006 in Washington, DC. The X PRIZE Foundation announced the global competition to develop technology that could dramatically reduce the time and cost of sequencing human genomes. The first team that successfully sequences 100 human genomes in 10 days will be awarded with $10 million. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 04: (L to R) Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute; former Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-LA), President and CEO of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing Association; Dr. J. Craig Venter, Chairman and CEO of the J. Craig Venter Institute; Anousheh Ansari, first female private space explorer and Co-Founder and Chairman of Prodea Systems, Inc.; and Dr. Stewart Blusson, President of Archon Minerals, watch promotional footage of the Archon X PRIZE for Genomics during a news conference October 4, 2006 in Washington, DC. The X PRIZE Foundation announced the global competition to develop technology that could dramatically reduce the time and cost of sequencing human genomes. The first team that successfully sequences 100 human genomes in 10 days will be awarded with $10 million. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 04: (L to R) Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute; former Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-LA), President and CEO of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing Association; Dr. J. Craig Venter, Chairman and CEO of the J. Craig Venter Institute; Anousheh Ansari, first female private space explorer and Co-Founder and Chairman of Prodea Systems, Inc.; and Dr. Stewart Blusson, President of Archon Minerals, watch promotional footage of the Archon X PRIZE for Genomics during a news conference October 4, 2006 in Washington, DC. The X PRIZE Foundation announced the global competition to develop technology that could dramatically reduce the time and cost of sequencing human genomes. The first team that successfully sequences 100 human genomes in 10 days will be awarded with $10 million. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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J. Craig Venter, chairman, founder and chief executive officer of Synthetic Genomics Inc., center, speaks to attendees during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on developments in synthetic genomics in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, May 27, 2010. Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Maryland, reported last week in the journal Science that for the first time, they made a copy of a bacterium's entire genome and then transplanted it into a related organism where it functioned normally. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

J. Craig Venter, chairman, founder and chief executive officer of Synthetic Genomics Inc., center, speaks to attendees during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on developments in synthetic genomics in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, May 27, 2010. Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Maryland, reported last week in the journal Science that for the first time, they made a copy of a bacterium's entire genome and then transplanted it into a related organism where it functioned normally. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Jeffrey Immelt, chairman and chief executive officer of General Electric Co., left, speaks as Tom Daschle, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, right, and Richard Gaynor, vice president of cancer research at Eli Lilly & Co., look on during a news conference in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. General Electric Co., the world's biggest maker of medical imaging equipment, is starting a $250 million venture capital fund to invest in health-care diagnostics companies, Immelt said today. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg

Jeffrey Immelt, chairman and chief executive officer of General Electric Co., left, speaks as Tom Daschle, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, right, and Richard Gaynor, vice president of cancer research at Eli Lilly & Co., look on during a news conference in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. General Electric Co., the world's biggest maker of medical imaging equipment, is starting a $250 million venture capital fund to invest in health-care diagnostics companies, Immelt said today. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
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Robert "Bob" Crandall, former chairman and chief executive officer of AMR Corp. and American Airlines Inc., speaks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's 13th annual Aviation Summit in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, April 3, 2014. The Aviation Summit brings together top experts and leaders from all sectors of aviation to discuss key issues facing the industry. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Robert "Bob" Crandall, former chairman and chief executive officer of AMR Corp. and American Airlines Inc., speaks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's 13th annual Aviation Summit in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, April 3, 2014. The Aviation Summit brings together top experts and leaders from all sectors of aviation to discuss key issues facing the industry. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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