The expanding landscape of digital health accelerators will require an expanding landscape of administrators and leaders to help—hand in hand—drive this movement forward.
There is a data storage medium that will last and will be readable far into the future: DNA. And, storing patient data in living cells on the patient’s body is the ultimate way to keep important information with the patient.
Now that the UK has taken steps toward allowing three-person babies, we wonder “Could the same thing happen in the US?” The answer may surprise you.
Even though personal genomics has great prospects globally, including numerous possibilities for Africa, very few Africans are enthusiastic about it.
Steps to allow three-person babies approved by UK House of Commons. Critics are worried “designer babies” will result.
Investments in bioinformatics and crop breeding would help the African Orphan Crops Consortium achieve its aim of reducing the prevalence of undernutrition and stunting among African children.
Genomics England begins its 100,000 Genome Project to speed time to diagnosis and inform personalized treatment regimens.
Medical futurist Bertalan Mesko, MD, PhD says there are thousands of reasons to look forward to the amazing, yet uncertain future of medicine—but we must start preparing now.
Digital health philosopher John Nosta thinks we’re spending too much time on yesterday’s technology and too little time on changing the game.
In this second of a two-part series, Digital Health Futurist Maneesh Juneja examines the potential for digital health to meet the challenges facing China’s healthcare system.
This low-cost device only needs a small blood sample to detect multiple forms of cancer.
Digital health pioneer Paul Sonnier says now that digital health has inundated healthcare like a tsunami, we need to take the next step forward and see how its adoption benefits our health and our options.
After completing groundbreaking initiatives like the Human Genome Project more than a decade ago, the United States now finds itself playing catch-up with China in genomics research.
With multiple projects in mHealth, telehealth, genomics, robotics, digital hospitals – and now, a cancer R&D; and manufacturing facility – the UAE continues to solidify its claim as the hub of healthcare and digital health growth in the Middle East.
Google has recently inked an agreement with pharmaceutical firm AbbVie for its anti-aging Calico project that aims to conquer age-related diseases and lengthen the human lifespan.
Johns Hopkins scientists make a blood test that can predict with 80% accuracy a person’s risk of committing suicide.
Personal genomics company 23andMe has secured a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health to further grow its database for pioneering genetic research.
Genomics England and DNA sequencing company Illumina have launched the 100,000 Genomes Project — a bold initiative to help discover groundbreaking treatments against cancer and rare genetic disorders.
A landmark study by the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) reveals that schizophrenia has more genetic links than originally thought. New insights gleamed from the study could lead to newer treatments for the mental condition.
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