Verily
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Formerly called |
Google Life Sciences (Life science division of GoogleX) |
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| Subsidiary of Alphabet | |
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Key people | Andrew Conrad (CEO) |
| Parent | Alphabet Inc. |
| Subsidiaries | Lift Labs |
| Website |
verily |
Verily (formerly Google Life Sciences[1][2]) is Alphabet Inc.'s research organization devoted to the study of life sciences. The organization was formerly a division of Google X, until 10 August 2015 when Sergey Brin announced that the organization would become an independent subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.[3] This restructuring process was completed on October 2, 2015. On December 7, 2015, Google Life Sciences was renamed Verily.[4][5]
Researchers
As of July 2014, members of the research team include Andrew Conrad, founder of LabCorp's National Genetics Institute; Vik Bajaj, an expert in nuclear magnetic resonance; Marija Pavlovic, who studies the effect of radiation on DNA; Alberto Vitari, a cancer biologist; Brian Otis, who worked on Google Venture's glucose-sensing contact lens;[6] and Mark DePristo, who worked on the GATK at the Broad Institute.[7] Dr. Thomas R. Insel announced on Sept. 15, 2015, that he was resigning as the director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to join this division.[1]
Acquisitions
On 9 September 2014, the division acquired Lift Labs, the makers of Liftware.[8]
Projects
- Contact lenses that allow people with diabetes to continually check their glucose levels using a non-intrusive method.[9]
- A spoon for people with tremors.[10]
- The Baseline Study, a project to collect genetic and molecular information from enough people to create a picture of what a healthy human should be.[11]
- A disease-detecting nanoparticle platform.[12]
- A health-tracking wristband.[13]
See also
References
- 1 2 http://www.nih.gov/about/director/09152015_statement_insel.htm
- ↑ Carey, Benedict. "Head of Mental Health Institute Leaving for Google Life Sciences". New York Times.
- ↑ Brin, Sergey. "Google+ Post".
- ↑ "Google Life Sciences debuts a new name, Verily". STAT. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyv0_GIGSbY, retrieved 2015-12-07 Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Barr, Alistair (Jul 25, 2014). "Meet the Google X Life Sciences Team". blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ↑ linkedin profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/markdepristo. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Chowdhry, Amit (10 September 2014). "Google Continues To Build Upon Its Life Sciences Ecosystem". forbes.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ↑ Brian Otis; Babak Parviz (2014-01-16). "Introducing our smart contact lens project". Google. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
- ↑ Rushe, Dominic (2014-11-25). "Google launches 'smart' spoon to help steady shaking hands". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ Kaiser, Jocelyn (28 July 2014). "Google X sets out to define healthy human | Science/AAAS | News". news.sciencemag.org. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ↑ Gibbs, Samuel (29 October 2014). "Google is developing a cancer and heart attack-detecting pill". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ↑ Chen, Caroline (23 June 2015). "Google Reveals Health-Tracking Wristband". Bloomberg. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
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