Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Thursday, 18 June 2015

IEEE Spectrum Tech Alert
18 June 2015
Concerned about who might get their hands on data about your medical history or whether or not you're genetically predisposed to contracting a particular disease? Kári Stefánsson, a researcher looking to sequence the DNA of Iceland's entire population, says you should stop worrying about privacy and start thinking about curing disease. He reasons that, because the health care system's ability to help you when you're sick is based on the fact that those who came before allowed their information to be used to make discoveries, your reluctance to share your medical data isn't just preventing more breakthroughs, it's "morally unacceptable."
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