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Published online 5 October 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061002-9
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Genome sequencing X Prize announced
Competition on to sequence 100 human genomes in 10 days: how tough can it be?
Two years to the day after the first private craft carrying a person to the edge of space clinched the Ansari X Prize spaceflight competition, the X Prize Foundation has announced its next contest: sequencing 100 human genomes in 10 days.
The winner of the Archon X Prize for Genomics will get $10 million and a headstart at cornering the human genome sequencing market.
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