His idea: to include serious genetic disease as part of the criteria on a dating app — by asking users to submit their DNA for whole genome sequencing. Ever heard of genetic diversity? AD“About 5 percent of children are born with a severe genetic disease, and so that means you’re compatible with about 95 percent of people,” Church said. For now it’s a dating app, but how else might others harness genetic technology in a way that could further invade lives? Do people even want this in their dating app?

Source: Washington Post December 13, 2019 12:22 UTC