BATCH 1. Tokenizing your genome 🧬 by Ángel González

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Author: @angel189 Requested Budget: 20 MATIC Article length: 500-750 words

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Genetic data is one of the most valuable assets for scientific researchers and the pharmaceutical industry. The paradox lies in the fact that while all health data enjoys the greatest legal framework for security and protection, this is not the case in practice. The case of Henrietta Lacks in 1951 is something that can still happen more than seven decades later. Fortunately, blockchain technology and the cryptography that makes it possible, provide a secure and firm response to this challenge. It is true that the democratization of individual access to genetic information began in 2008 with 23andMe, but like other actors such as Ancestry or Genomes England, the data is not in the individual possession of users. Neither is the genetic sequencing of public or private healthcare services. Where are my data? What are they doing with them? What guarantee of security and custody do I have? Are they monetizing them without my permission? GenomesDAO offers the correct answer to this problem by allowing access to much more precise information about our complete genome and returning sovereignty, control, and management of the data to each of us. It is the tokenization of the genome and our opportunity to contribute to precision medicine and mining it.

About Author

Angel Gonzalez is an advertising professional with a 40-year career dedicated to building brands from various positions, sectors, and media. He began his career working for multinational consumer agencies. In 1999, he transitioned to health advertising, where he held the position of General Manager and Co-President for Spain at one of the major communication groups. In late 2008, he decided to start his own business by founding Ideagoras, a pioneering web2 agency in the health sector that operates in Spain and internationally, providing services to companies in the life sciences and technology fields. During the last two years, he has been working to evolve his company and position it at the intersection of emerging web3 and brands. He has recently been mentioned by the influential Misha da Vinci in web3 as one of the 100 global Twitter accounts to follow in 2023.