National Institute of Health Wants Your Blood, Urine and “Data”- What is Next?

In a recent publication, National Institute of Health (NIH) announced launching an initiative called “All of Us program”. This highlights the first of a kind move by the institution towards the personalization of medicine. Although it contains a few controversies, still the more interesting is their pick of population target; the underserved communities. Their rationale behind the selection is winning back the trust of a group of citizens after a long period of mistreatment brought upon them by the government! Therefore, to rebuild the fading trust they require enrolling over one million participants in the program. The study would implicate…...