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.”
catalina lopez-correa
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.
Lake Nona forum spotlights the future of health
AI in health care, the perils of processed foods and other advances, and more from an invite-only confab
Three ways AI is improving public health
Tackling maternal mortality, superbugs, and colorectal cancer
Misinformation doesn’t have to get the last word
AI can support the truth, too.