Toshiba taps quantum cryptography to send genome data

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Personal genetic information is highly protected in Japan and can only be transmitted under extremely secure method. © Reuters

TOSHIHIRO IHARA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Toshiba has achieved what it calls the world's first use of quantum cryptography to transmit genome sequence data, a crucial step toward commercial use of this theoretically impenetrable encryption method.

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