Google Wants To Store Your DNA On The Cloud
(TheAntiMedia)
A recent column published by an MIT analyst outlines how Google wants
to store your genome, and millions of others, on the cloud. The column
claims that allowing the government and companies like Google,
Microsoft, Amazon and IBM to hold onto your genome will help facilitate
medical discoveries and improve diagnostics as well.
According to the MIT report, Google started working on the Google Genomics program 18 months ago and is already making progress.
For around $25, the search engine giant will store your genome in it’s cloud service that also powers Search, Maps, YouTube, Gmail and Drive.
“We saw biologists moving from studying one genome at a time to
studying millions. The opportunity is how to apply breakthroughs in
data technology to help with this transition,” says David Glazer, a Google software engineer.
