How digital DNA could help you make better health choices

Title:
How digital DNA could help you make better health choices
Speaker:
Jun Wang
Description:

What if you could know exactly how food or medication would impact your health -- before you put it in your body? Genomics researcher Jun Wang is working to develop digital doppelgangers for real people; they start with genetic code, but they'll also factor in other kinds of data as well, from food intake to sleep to data collected by a "smart toilet." With all of this valuable information, Wang hopes to create an engine that will change the way we think about health, both on an individual level and as a collective.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
14:54
Format: HTML5
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