Verily

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Verily Life Sciences
Formerly called
 Google Life Sciences (Life science division of GoogleX)
Subsidiary of Alphabet
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Founded December 7, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12-07)
Key people
 Andrew Conrad (CEO)
Parent Alphabet Inc.
Subsidiaries Lift Labs
Website verily.com

Verily Life Sciences (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]
  • Advancements in surgical robotics, in partnership with Johnson & Johnson.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.nih.gov/about/director/09152015_statement_insel.htm
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