Tech & Innovation
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Tech & Innovation
“One hundred dollars a genome basically makes [sequencing sound] accessible to all of us everywhere in the world, not really thinking that we need to send a sample to the US, that we need to pay $4,000 and more for analysis, interpretation, reporting, and all that.”
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Community information exchanges quench health data droughts
Data-sharing models from San Diego and Chicago could provide a roadmap for the rest of the country.
Weaving data into the fabric of public health
The field is finding new and creative approaches to how it uses data.
The path to more equitable AI
Health leaders discuss how to prevent public health haves and have-nots.
The cutting edge of CRISPR is in Nigeria
Christian Happi is pioneering a revolutionary approach to fighting disease.
Genomics has broad applications, and for now, broad limitations
A scientist-turned-patient finds that access issues cloud the technology's potential.
Inside CRISPR’s gene editing revolution
Jennifer Doudna won the Nobel Prize for inventing a powerful gene editing technology. What comes next for CRISPR?
Do robots have a bright future in public health?
The head of the MIT Computer Science Lab talks about robots in medicine, employment, and more.
As AI-based eye exams prove their worth, lessons for future tech emerge
Implementation is tricky, but the tech can have big benefits for both patients and providers.