Voigt's E. coli bacteria are still years away from being anything other than a research tool.
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Jens Voigt is an impressive performer and probably one of the best candidates in the entire race for a breakaway stage victory.
Kevin Voigt reported from Hong Kong and Lara Farrar reported from Beijing.
CNN's Richard Quest, Kevin Voigt and Bryony Jones contributed to this report.
Like most "synthetic biologists, " Voigt began his career with simple "toy" problems.
Not so fast, says Karsten Voigt, the government's co-ordinator of German-American co-operation.
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To do this, Voigt works hard to understand what "commands" are programmed on the DNA of simple organisms like the E. coli bacteria.
"The US is the most important partner for Germany, apart from the EU, " said Karsten Voigt, the German-American co-ordinator at the German foreign ministry.
Mr. KARSTEN VOIGT (Coordinator, German-American Cooperation, Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany): The mood is that the Germany is soft on Iran.
Still, Karsten Voigt, Berlins point man on U.S. relations says bringing up the trade issue reflects a mood in the U.S. he doesn't like.
Yet America's main preoccupation in the longer run will be China, suggests Karsten Voigt, co-ordinator of relations with America at the German foreign ministry.
To that end, Voigt is experimenting on bacteria with plant-digesting genes, including those found in termites, sheep and bacteria that live on your lawn.
Kerstin Voigt accepts that China can mass produce cheaply, but says her company gets its edge because it tailors instruments to the needs of musicians.
Christopher Voigt, a biochemist at the University of California, San Francisco, has already built a device from biological parts: a bacterium programmed to seek out cancer tumors.
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Other recipients to date of this distinction are: Mr. LoBianco, Jon Voigt, Gary Sinese, Kelsey Grammar, David Zucker, Andrew Breitbart, Roger Simon, Lionel Chetwynd and Evan Sayet.
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Shoichet, Kevin Voigt and Sean Morris contributed to this report.
Voigt has started testing these cancer-hunting bugs in mice.
"I think this quickly will be applied to all the most important industrial bacteria, " said biologist Christopher Voigt at the University of California, San Francisco, who is developing microbes that help make gasoline.
Voigt is at the forefront of a group of young researchers working to deliver on the profound promise of genetic engineering: Rebuilding living organisms to fight disease, make bio-fuels and solve industrial problems.
Christian Voigt, the senior head of global sports marketing for Puma, said reductions are included in contracts "as a protection to make sure the investment is still worth it, " and added that the company doesn't have to activate the reduction.
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