X-Prize Foundation is offering $10m for the first private team that can decode 100 human genomes in 10 days. x - ��� ����� ���� õ������ ���ڵ��� ���ִ� ù ��° �ΰ� ���� 10 �� �̳��� 100 �ΰ��� �������մϴ�. It is said to be the largest medical prize in history. �װ��̶�� �� �� ��� �ִ��� �Ƿ� ����մϴ�. Rapid genetic sequencing along with ������ �����̰� �Բ� �޼��� stem cell therapeutics �ٱ� ���� ġ�� are science's next great frontiers. �� ������ ���� ū ����Ƽ���մϴ�. Rapid genetic sequencing is expected to 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. �޼��� ������ �迭�� �� �ô밡 �����������ϴ� ������ ����, �ǻ縦 ���� �� �ֵ��� ȯ���� ������ ��ũ�� ���� ��ȯ�� ���� ���̳� ��, �������̸��մϴ�.

The Archon X-Prize for Genomics is the second major challenge from the foundation, which in 2004 awarded $10m to the team behind the private manned spacecraft the ���� x - ��ݿ� ���� �Գ��� �ι�° �ֿ� ���� ���, 2004 �� ���� õ������ ���Ŀ� �ΰ� ���� ���ּ��� �� SpaceShipOne ���ּ� . �մϴ�.

It currently costs millions of dollars and takes many months to sequence an individual's genome. ���� ���鸸 �޷��� ����� �� �� �� ������ �� ������ �Գ� �迭�մϴ�. Tests of certain genes are already helping doctors select treatments and therapies for individual patients. �ǻ��� Ư�� �����ڰ� �̹� ������ ���� ġ�Ḧ �����ϰ� ���� ȯ�� ġ���մϴ�.

Scientists say the real benefits to mankind will only come when a much larger sampling of genetic information is available to help decipher the environmental and hereditary aspects of disease. ���� ������ �η��� �����ڿ� ��� �� ��쿡�� �� ū ���ø��� ���� ������ ��ȣ�� �ص��� ���� ���ִ� ȯ��� ���� ��ȯ�� ����մϴ�.

As a follow-up to the competition, the winning team will be paid to map the genetic sequences of the "Genome 100�� - a group of celebrities, benefactors and members of the public. - �ִ��� �������� �������� ��� ���������� ���� �������� �����ϴ°��� "�Գ� 100"- �׷��� ���� �λ�, �Ŀ��� �� ȸ���� ����մϴ�.

That group already includes Dr Stephen Hawking, CNN's Larry King; and Anousheh Ansari, the world's first female "space tourist", whose family funded the original X-Prize for the first private manned spaceflight. �ش� �׷��� �̹� ���ԵǾ��ֽ��ϴ� ��Ƽ�� ȣŷ �ڻ�, cnn�� ���� ŷ, �׸��� anousheh ansari, ���� ������ ���� "���� ����", ������ ��ǰ���� �� x - ��ݿ� ���� �ڱ� ���� ���� ù �ΰ� ���� ���� �����մϴ�.

Following on from the success of the original Ansari prize, the X-Prize Foundation intends to launch two prizes per year. ansari�� ������ �������ִ� ������ ���� ����� x - ��� ���� ���縦 ���� 1 �� 2 ���� ��ǰ�մϴ�. The next launch is expected in early 2007. 2007 �� �ʹ��� ���� �߻� ������ �����մϴ�.

Archon Minerals is the title sponsor of the Archon X-Prize for Genomics after a multi-million dollar donation by the company's president, Dr Stewart Blusson. �̳׶��� Ÿ��Ʋ ���� ���� ���� x - ��� ��Ƽ - �� �޷��� ����Ͽ� �Գ� ���� ȸ���� ����, �ڻ� ��Ʃ��Ʈ blusson�մϴ�. via ���� BBC BBC ���