Vietnamese officials back new partnership to tokenize genomic profiles

Vietnamese officials back new partnership to tokenize genomic profiles

Vietnamese official Nguyen Chi Dung believes that data ownership and privacy can enhance the healthcare industry. Asia-based genomics firm Genetica and Web3 data management firm Oasis Labs have partnered to tokenize genomics profiles with the aim to enhance genomics-based precision medicine. In an announcement sent to Cointelegraph, the firms noted that Genetica will migrate 100,000 genomic data profiles to the Oasis Network. These profiles will allow the data owners to have full control and knowledge of how their genetic data is being used.The partnership is also backed by Vietnamese....


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