Precision Medicine Initiative Aims High But Must Surmount Technical, Practical Hurdles
Executive Summary
White House proposal for a longitudinal cohort encompassing one million people seeks to leverage ongoing studies. But bringing all that data together under one roof, and ensuring it is useful and participants’ privacy is adequately protected, promises to be a significant task.
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