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DNA-testing company 23andMe signed a $300 million deal with a drug giant. Here are the other private 'third parties' that genetics companies share your data with.
"We all have some disease or health issue that we care about. 23andMe has created a research platfo…
Erin Brodwin
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The head of Google's life-extension spinoff says one type of diet could prolong life
Still, the study was preliminary and designed mostly to see if people could stick to the diet in th…
Erin Brodwin
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A Jeff Bezos-backed startup just inked a deal with $84 billion biotech Gilead to make drugs for a troubling and increasingly common disease
As part of the agreement, Insitro will get an upfront payment of $15 million, with additional near-…
Erin Brodwin
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Google is reportedly about to hire a big name in healthcare to coordinate all of its healthcare initiatives
Alphabet, Google's parent company, has a number of bets in healthcare from Verily, its life science…
Lydia Ramsey
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A new way to tackle aging could have the potential to upend a $20 billion market
These drugmakers include Unity Biotechnology, Oisin Biotechnologies, Siwa Therapeutics, and Google …
Business Insider
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Why GSK just made a $300 million bet on 23andMe's approach to finding new medicines
The idea is to use the genetic information 23andMe's gathered from users who consent to share their…
Lydia Ramsey
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Google's Project That's Trying To Cure Death Is Now Looking To Tackle Diseases Like ALS And Parkinson's
UT Southwestern had previously licensed something called P7C3 compounds, which were shown to help s…
Karyne Levy
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Pharma giant GSK just made a $5.1 billion bet on a cancer drugmaker
"Our strong belief is that PARP inhibitors are important medicines that have been under appreciated…
Lydia Ramsey
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The best safety glasses
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Kyle Schurman
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Google's Company That Wants To Cure Death Now Has Its Own Website
When Page first announced Calico in September, he wrote that Art Levinson, former Genentech CEO and…
Jillian D'Onfro
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Google Just Teamed Up With A Drug Company To Help It Extend Human Life
"[Our relationship with AbbVie] will greatly accelerate our efforts to understand the science of ag…
Jillian D'Onfro
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Alphabet's 'other bets' are still exactly what they sound like
But as this chart from Statista shows, these bets are still far from having any material benefit to…
Jeff Dunn
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Bill Gates Took A Shot At Google's Immortality Company: 'It Seems Pretty Egocentric'
Gates' response is certainly pointed, but it's not too surprising. The Microsoft founder has spent …
Dave Smith
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More On Google's Plan To Cure Death: It Will Spend Hundreds Of Millions Examining Our Genetic Material
Now that the entire genome had been coded, Maris wondered if it was possible to actually study the …
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A growing genealogy company just partnered with Google to find out how and why we age
Past research has linked specific personality traits, like conscientiousness and extroversion, to a…
Lydia Ramsey
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7 quirky cat behaviors and what they mean
In honor of National Pet Day, here are some explanations, backed by cat researchers, for why our fe…
Samantha Lee,Amanda Macias
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The man who predicted Amazon would buy Whole Foods expects the tech giant will soon be the world's fastest growing healthcare company
Google, for its part, is looking at more moonshots, Galloway said. Alphabet, Google's parent compan…
Lydia Ramsey
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What we know about vaccines and variants
These are the top stories written by Business Insider's healthcare team for the week ending January…
Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
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Happy National Love Your Pet Day! Here's 7 quirky cat behaviors and what they mean
And while she's the only one I have, she embodies many of the most common, and most perplexing, cat…
Amanda Macias
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BIG TECH IN HEALTHCARE: Here's who wins and loses as Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft hone in on niche sectors of healthcare
The companies mentioned in this report are: AbbVie, Adidas, Aetna, Allscripts, Alphabet, Amazon, An…