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Google Collecting Genetic Data
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Google's electronic health efforts have had limited success, but the company's Google X "moonshot" division is now taking on a more ambitious, health-related project: mapping human genetic and molecular data.
As reported by The Wall Street Journal, Google X's Baseline Study will anonymously collect genetic materials from 175 volunteers. Google algorithms will then crunch the info to identify "biomarkers" that might help with early disease detection.
Prevention is the ultimate goal with Baseline, rather than treatment.The project is already underway, with an unnamed clinical testing firm working with 175 people to collect things like urine, blood, saliva, and tears. They will probably also wear the smart contact lenses that Google showed off in January (pictured), when available.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2461381,00.asp
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