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X-Prize to Award $10M for Fast Sequencing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the prizes-for-possibilities dept.

Shipud writes "The X-Prize foundation has announced the $10 million Archon X PRIZE for Genomics — for the first privately financed group to sequence 100 human genomes in 10 days. The motivation is to create an incentive for faster, cheaper genome seqeunceing, heralding the era of preventative personalized medicine. The winner will also receive an extra $1,000,000 for sequencing the genomes of 100 additional people; among them Larry King and Stephen Hawking. Apparently this is the largest medical prize in history."

4 of 48 comments (clear)

  1. teh win! by wish+bot · · Score: 1, Funny

    X-prize for first post!

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  2. Yeah by joaommp · · Score: 2, Funny

    In China, they have the same competition. But then you win and they send the bill to your family.

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  3. Dupe by tttonyyy · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/04/151323 6

    I, for one, don't welcome our fabulous editing underlords.

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  4. Re:ok but by dewie · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe we can finally find out how his father managed to impregnate a frog.

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