October 6, 2008 (Monday)
- Complete Genomics announces complete human gene sequencing for $5,000 next spring, which is 1/20th the price of the current marketplace. (ABC)
- Harald zur Hausen, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier jointly win the Nobel Prize for medicine. (NobelPrize)
Read more about this topic: October 2008 In Science