$10m prize for super genetic test
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The X-Prize Foundation offers "the largest medical prize in history" for the first team to decode 100 human genomes in 10 days.
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A new technology under development in Australia -- geneballs -- may be used to quickly and easily tell you your genetic makeup. By DaithÃ­ Ã hAnluain.
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A Harvard biologist scores on three fronts with a genetic discovery in diabetes, an advance toward curing a rare children's disease and a $500,000 award for scientific creativity. Fifth in a series profiling the MacArthur Foundation 'genius award' winners. By Kari Lynn Dean.
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One thousand people around the world are to have their genomes mapped in an effort to understand how genes influence disease.
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The terms of the prize require competitors to sequence 100 human genomes of their choice within 10 days, and, within six months, those of a further 100 individuals chosen by the foundation.
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A series of X-Prizes for breakthroughs in science or technology that solve the world's greatest challenges are planned.
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Science & environment: An ambitious project to create the most detailed picture of human genetic variation yet has been launched by British and American scientists
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A new genetic blood test allowing a closer match between donors and recipients is being developed.
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The U.S. team that took the first  privately funded, manned ship into space makes a bid to capture  a $10 million prize this week -- signaling that commercial  space travel has nearly arrived.
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A pioneering aviation company will attempt to rocket into space on Wednesday in a bid to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize. The prize will go to the first non-governmental vehicle that can ferry three people
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By Dan Margolies, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Jan. 30--The grand prize was a $1.3 million mansion in Parkville, complete with Bentley automobile.   The proceeds were to benefit spinal cord-injury research.
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Work by US scientists could lead to a non-invasive test to detect genetic abnormalities in the womb.
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Scientists discover a single gene mutation which could be responsible for up to 5% of inherited cases of Parkinson's disease.
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Scotland's medical schools are given Â£4.4m to identify the risks of developing genetic diseases.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new genetic test of the likelihood of recurring breast cancer, five to ten years after its onset.
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The U.S. Agriculture Department said   on Friday it verified a strip kit that can detect the   unapproved genetically modified Liberty Link rice trait in 10   minutes.
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MOJAVE, Calif. -- Burt and the billionaire kept their eye on the prize yesterday, collecting $10 million and symbolically launching a new era in private space exploration.