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Using MPC for Anonymous and Private DNA Analysis
Earlier this year, Monadic DNA kicked off an experiment to demonstrate that people can access and analyze their genetic data with anonymity and privacy. Monadic DNA collected saliva samples from th…
Before providing a sample, each participant had to fill in a form agreeing to some legalese and record their kit ID and pick a four-digit PIN for the later data claim. As this is still an experimental app, we did not want to calculate polygenic risk scores or do anything with a health and wellness angle without the proper legal and infrastructural guardrails in place. It so happens that this specific app is synchronous but it can easily be extended to make it fully asynchronous such that a fresh batch of insights is calculated by our back-end as well as third-parties in the background.
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