The US-based X-Prize Foundation is offering what it says is the largest medical prize in history - $10m - for the first private team that can decode 100 human genomes in 10 days.
Organisers say rapid genetic sequencing is science's next great frontier, and will usher in a new era of personalised medicine, allowing doctors to determine patients' susceptibility to illness and the genetic links to diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's.
Interesting article, but again raises the important question, are we playing God and should we, if the means are available? We have the means to produce so many things, but for commercial, ethical or human rights issues, we don't.
Genetically modified food and people. Anyone out there looking forward to a pre-designed society?
Individuality and randomness are slowly being removed from our lives! Take the blue pill!
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
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