AWARD YEAR
2019
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being
KEYWORDS
blockchain, genetics
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
George Church,PhD, Co-founder
Dennis Grishin, Co-founder
Kamal Obbad, Co-founder
WEBSITE
https://www.nebulagenomics.io/
Nebula Genomics
Nebula Genomics plans to sequence your genome for less than $1,000 with blockchain.
Understand your genome. Help cure diseases. Own your data. Powered by blockchain.
Pharma and biotech companies spend billions of dollars each year to acquire genomic data. Scientists need large genomic datasets to identify causes of disease and develop cures. However, growth of the genomic data market is hindered by small data quantities, data fragmentation, lack of data standardization and slow data acquisition.
Nebula Genomics will leverage blockchain technology to eliminate middlemen and empower people to own their personal genomic data. This will effectively lower sequencing costs and enhance data privacy, resulting in growth of genomic data. Our open protocol will leverage the genomic data growth by enabling data buyers to efficiently aggregate standardized data from many individual people and genomic databanks.