Donate Your Data

Susan Desmond-Hellmann, the current chancellor of UCSF and oncologist and biotechnology leader, recently quoted the late Steve Jobs, saying that the biggest innovations in the world will come from the intersection of biology and technology. In her talk, she described the MeForYou.org initiative which is trying to ignite the same volunteer spirit of giving blood to instead give genetic information to enable a massive database to power research and innovation (check it out!).

The French touch: after the Hadopi law comes the Genopi law:

Did you know that, being a French citizen, I cannot have my genome sequenced, because it is forbidden by law? Forget about donating your data... But I do want to donate my data!! So I've voted with my feet and left my country...