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by pharmaz0ne 782 days ago
Exactly. We should start building global database connecting DNA with medical history.
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You mean, like UKBB and All of Us already do, but less nationally focused? The approach seems fraught with complexity due to the complexity of medical ethics, the variation of national laws, and strongly-held nationalist positions.
Not a big fan? It could be provably private. You could have a kit with a random username/password. It could be done. People just have a bad taste from 23andMe.