Artificial Intelligence Google Has Released an AI Tool That Makes Sense of Your Genome AI tools could help us turn information gleaned from genetic sequencing into life-saving therapies. by Will Knight 2017-12-04T17:05:00-05:00
Biotechnology Verily Robot Will Raise 20 Million Sterile Mosquitoes for Release in California The company, an arm of Alphabet, is using mosquitoes infected with a sterilizing bacteria to fight dengue and Zika. by Emily Mullin 2017-07-14T10:59:00-04:00
Connectivity With a Little AI, Apple Watch May Be Able to Spot a Heart Problem The watch’s heart monitor is a long way from a medical-grade device, but smart software may be able to improve its capabilities. by Michael Reilly 2017-05-12T16:50:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Google’s Health Study Seeks 10,000 Volunteers to Give Up Their Medical Secrets The project will scrutinize spit, tears, stool, heartbeats, and genomes to search for new predictors of disease. by Antonio Regalado 2017-04-19T10:01:00-04:00
Connectivity These Wearables Detect Health Issues Before They Happen Technologies created by the federally funded MD2K project could lead to consumer devices that offer health guidance in real time. by Elizabeth Woyke 2016-11-30T00:00:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Are Altered Mosquitoes a Public Health Project, or a Business? Nonprofits and corporations are in a race to fight dengue and Zika. by Antonio Regalado 2016-10-27T13:27:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Alphabet’s Latest Project Is Birth Control for Mosquitoes How the search giant found itself breeding mosquitoes to try to stop the spread of the Zika virus. by Antonio Regalado 2016-10-06T11:00:00-04:00
Connectivity I Saw Alphabet’s Health Watch A first peek at the search giant’s health-tracking wearable gadget. by Antonio Regalado 2016-09-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Glaxo and Verily Join Forces to Treat Disease By Hacking Your Nervous System Small implantable devices would treat people by blocking or altering signals sent from the brain. by Jamie Condliffe 2016-08-01T12:35:00-04:00
