NEW YORK, July 23: A genome-sequencing contest announced six years ago finally has its first entrant: Life Technologies Corp.’s Ion Torrent, which today said it was entering the fray. The Archon Genomics X Prize will award $10 million to the first team that sequences the complete genomes of 100 people aged 100 or older in 30 days or less, for no more than 1,000 dollar each, and with an error rate of no more than 0.0001 per cent. (agencies)
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