Big Data and One Man's Personal Health

Jul 13, 2012, 09:35 AM by Michael Croft
Stanford Medicine |Stanford professor Mike Snyder compiled an integrative personal genomics profile, or iPOP, consisting of 30 terabytes of data or enough CD-quality audio to play non-stop for seven years -- to reveal in exquisite detail unforseen threats to his health.

July 13, 2012 | Stanford professor Mike Snyder is living proof of the value of an integrative personal genomics profile, or iPOP, which generated billions of individual data points -- about 30 terabytes of data or enough CD-quality audio to play on-stop for seven years -- to reveal in exquisite detail unforseen threats to his health. Stanford Medicine