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John Wilbanks: Let’s pool our medical data

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posted on 2012-10-16, 20:25 authored by Graham SteelGraham Steel

"When you're getting medical treatment, or taking part in medical testing, privacy is important; strict laws limit what researchers can see and know about you. But what if your medical data could be used -- anonymously -- by anyone seeking to test a hypothesis? John Wilbanks wonders if the desire to protect our privacy is slowing research, and if opening up medical data could lead to a wave of health care innovation".

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