Two Stanford University researchers have demonstrated a technique to better maintain privacy during genomic research data-sharing.
The work, published in The American Journal of Human Genetics, seeks to balance the quest to make genomic data-sharing easier for researchers, but harder for patient data to be re-identified.
The research focuses on a network of genomic data sets on servers, or beacons, organized by the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health that allows researchers looking for a particular genetic variant in a multitude of genomic databases to determine whether there’s relevant data in a particular database there before applying for access. It also allows researchers investigating the same topic to find each other and collaborate, according to an announcement. For the full article click here
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