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Precision Medicine Initiative Poses Challenges for Big Data

The White House is pushing for a new initiative that will attempt to cure rare diseases and common cancers by collecting and sharing data on a huge scale.

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The White House is pushing for a new initiative that will attempt to cure rare diseases and common cancers by collecting and sharing data on a huge scale. However, this "precision medicine" model is doable in concept, but presents significant technological, data sharing and storage challenges. (Fast Company)

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