New Open Humans Network Democratizes Patient Data for Research - iHealthBeat
abernard102@gmail.com 2015-03-27
Summary:
"On Tuesday, researchers launched an open-sourced database to let individuals share their personal biological data with researchers, Newsweek reports (Richardson, Newsweek, 3/24). The Open Humans Network, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Knight Foundation, aims to foster medical innovation by democratizing health-related data that traditionally have been kept private, according to Fortune (Lorenzetti, Fortune, 3/24) ..."