# How digital DNA could help you make better health choices

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2017
- Speaker: Jun Wang
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jun_wang_how_digital_dna_could_help_you_make_better_health_choices)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What if you could know exactly how food or medication would impact your health -- before you put it in your body? Genomics researcher Jun Wang is working to develop digital doppelgangers for real people; they start with genetic code, but they'll also factor in other kinds of data as well, from food intake to sleep to data collected by a "smart toilet." With all of this valuable information, Wang hopes to create an engine that will change the way we think about health, both on an individual level and as a collective.

## Lectures

1. [How digital DNA could help you make better health choices](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jun_wang_how_digital_dna_could_help_you_make_better_health_choices/410056432171), 15 min (TED's player)