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The Archon Genomics X PRIZE for whole human genome sequencing

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The $10 million Archon Genomics; X PRIZE (AGXP) was launched at the US National Academy of Sciences in 2006 to encourage the development of technologies to provide faster, cheaper and more complete whole human diploid genome sequences. The X PRIZE Foundation (hereafter 'Foundation') conceived the prize to educate the public and to raise awareness of the genomic technologies that will enable personalized genomic medicine. At the time of the AGXP launch, production of a single haploid sequence took 6 months or more, cost well upward of $100,000 and was far from either complete or accurate. Furthermore, at that time, Sanger sequencing was the dominant technology, with next-generation methods just emerging or still deep in development.

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  1. Larry Kedes and Edison T Liu: Members of the Archon Genomics; X PRIZE Scientific Advisory Board.

  2. Larry Kedes and Edison T Liu: These authors contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Biological Chemistry, Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

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  2. Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore

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  3. Senior Advisor to the X PRIZE Foundation.,

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