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Jun Wang: How digital DNA could help you make better health choices
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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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Tedtalks;TED;Talks;DNA;Human body;biology;data;entrepreneur;genetics;health;health care;humanity;illness;medical research;medicine;science;TED2017;2017
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