Five Facts About DNA And How Blockchain Will Disrupt It!

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DNA, our “source code,” that stores every bit of information about us. The color of your eyes, the type of your hair, what diseases you are prone to and your overall fitness. Since it’s discovery, back in the 1950s, we made significant improvements in our lives thanks to these essential building blocks of our lives.

1. Studies show that in ancient times there used to be some old viruses that infected humans, today 8% of the human DNA is composed out of those ancient viruses!

2. 95% of our DNA is identical to the DNA of the chimpanzees, but shockingly enough we are 50% related to bananas as well and 40% to cabbages. Now that’s bananas!

3. Storage wise, one single gram of DNA holds a whopping 700 terabytes of data. Talk about efficient data storage solutions! In fact, to store all of the data captured today, we would need just 2 grams of DNA.

4. To unwind all of the human DNA molecules from end to end, we would require 10 billion miles, that’s roughly a round trip to Pluto and back to Earth.

5. The most shocking fact of them all might be the fact that 99.9% of all human DNA is identical. That remaining 0.1% is what makes every one of us unique.

Shivom: The future of genome on the blockchain.
The team of visionary developers over at Shivom want to create the most comprehensive genomic database on the face of the earth. Over the years, sequencing our genome has become a cheap thing to do. By knowing your genome type could tell you what sort of diseases you are prone to and improve your overall quality of life.

However, the companies that currently collect genomic data are just a handful, and they monopolize the market. Once they have your data, they are selling it to Big Pharma companies for research purposes, but the provider of the data does not get any compensation in this data brokerage process.

The Shivom platform offers the first all in one solution for people who want to sequence their genome and store it securely. They provide a digital marketplace where companies can buy Genome data directly from the Shivom users. These transactions are possible with the help of Smart Contracts that will run on a trustless decentralized infrastructure. The distributed ledger system will keep track of all parties and make sure that the processes are scalable and safe at the same time.

The next generation of healthcare
Research organizations, patient-support groups, and individuals will be able to use the data for genomic data analytics that ultimately will lead to personalized medicine tailored for your specific genome type. Disease prevention, disease diagnosis, disease prognosis and identifying new drug targets are just some of the innovative features that the Shivom platform brings to the table. So, if you want to join the genomic data revolution head over to:
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