Gene genie
UCI smartphone app permits secure storage, testing of DNA data
January 17, 2013
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UC Irvine computer scientists have created an app that could allow an individual to securely store and use his or her own DNA on a smartphone. GenoDroid, they said, could potentially be used for paternity and common-ancestry tests, customized cancer-fighting drugs and more.