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> In an effort to vault genetics into a new era of big data, six drug companies say they will decode the genes of half a million Brits and then make the data public – all by 2020.
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> The plan will turn the UK Biobank, the source of the DNA samples, into the world's single biggest concentration of genetic and health data anywhere, giving scientists and drug companies a powerful tool for understanding diseases.

Source: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609897/500000-britons-genomes-will-be-public-by-2020-transforming-drug-research/