X-Prize for DNA decoding

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X-Prize for DNA decoding

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Just saw this, but it's from january.

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB ... ?mod=blogs

I've been thinking a lot about DNA lately, and different ways to tackle the issue.
Then it struck me, what if it's actually packed with some algoritm?
I mean 3 gigs of pairs just seems too small to create anything, especially a human.
So I did some testing and I found it to be ZIP-7 packed...or maybe not... :lol:
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That's kinda scary that Human DNA could be converted and downloaded into a file.
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