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Googling a person is about to take on a completely new meaning.
The Mountain View search giant recently invited geneticists to upload information to the company's cloud infrastructure. Google also provided scientists with instructions on how to import, process, store and, of course, search DNA data that could unlock clues to curing diseases.
Google's foray into genomics could open big markets for a company that has already made substantial investments in health care.
"This whole area, by the way of genome analysis, is really in general a hot area," said George Geis, an adjunct professor who specializes in technology mergers and acquisitions at UCLA's Anderson School of Management.
A MarketsandMarkets report valued the global genomics market at $11 billion in 2013 and predicted it will reach $19 billion by 2018. The North American health care cloud-computing market is also expected to grow fast in that time, up 30 percent to $6.5 billion.
Enormous databases
Sequencing the human genome can reveal deadly mutations as well as pathways for life-saving drugs. Since one individual's genome can add up to about 100 gigabytes...
The Mountain View search giant recently invited geneticists to upload information to the company's cloud infrastructure. Google also provided scientists with instructions on how to import, process, store and, of course, search DNA data that could unlock clues to curing diseases.
Google's foray into genomics could open big markets for a company that has already made substantial investments in health care.
"This whole area, by the way of genome analysis, is really in general a hot area," said George Geis, an adjunct professor who specializes in technology mergers and acquisitions at UCLA's Anderson School of Management.
A MarketsandMarkets report valued the global genomics market at $11 billion in 2013 and predicted it will reach $19 billion by 2018. The North American health care cloud-computing market is also expected to grow fast in that time, up 30 percent to $6.5 billion.
Enormous databases
Sequencing the human genome can reveal deadly mutations as well as pathways for life-saving drugs. Since one individual's genome can add up to about 100 gigabytes...