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There's a company out of MIT working on this and using a blockchain as the medium for sharing your genome and medical information. Basically it would allow you
by sjg007 9y ago
There's a company out of MIT working on this and using a blockchain as the medium for sharing your genome and medical information. Basically it would allow you to get paid for your DNA and choose to whom you want to sell it. I think there's another company that wants to treat your genome similarly and allow other companies to write apps that use it (same idea but no blockchain). It is kind of a chicken and egg problem though. You want the test to find out if you have something actionable/drug-able so you agree to give up your sample and related IP rights to get the result. The real issue though is that while the technology is developing and we are gathering a lot of information, there is nothing actionable except in a few limited cases.