Group Offers Genetic Code Mapping Prize

(AP) -- The people who spurred private spaceflight with a $10 million prize are doing the same for personalized medicine. The X Prize Foundation is offering $10 million to the first company that can process the genetic codes of 100 people in just 10 days - an advancement that experts say is still at least five years away.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news79204040.html">Group Offers Genetic Code Mapping Prize</a></p> <p>(AP) -- The people who spurred private spaceflight with a $10 million prize are doing the same for personalized medicine. The X Prize Foundation is offering $10 million to the first company that can process the genetic codes of 100 people in just 10 days - an advancement that experts say is still at least five years away.</p>