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New NIH office will promote human-based research and scale the use of non-animal approaches to biomedical research.   

If some cuts to NIH and other research programs extend deeply and are rolled out in a disorganized way, they have the potential to compromise biomedical innovation in the United States, says Vik Bajaj, cofounder and CEO of Foresite Labs.

The proof-of-concept study published in Nature Cancer highlights how researchers are using tumor cells to predict whether patients will respond to specific drugs.

During a panel discussion at Digital Frontiers in Public Health, panelists discussed how the public and private sectors can work together to share data and improve public health.

Mightier is teaming up with Magellan Health to conduct the study. 

The health research platform has already helped enroll 356,000 participants into the nationwide research program.

Also: Kore and Dexcom prepare the G6 CGM for remote patient-monitoring; Tyto Care tackles Europe with santé24 integration and deployment.

Roundtrip, the University of Pennsylvania, Lyft and Contra Costa Health services are joining forces to conduct the study.

The NIH, the National Human Genome Research Institute and PreviewLab have teamed up to create a VR experience that lets participants see how our genes are impacted by environmental factors. 

Developing effective AI tools for healthcare means working multiple stakeholders and understanding the clinical, according to panelists at GTC in San Jose.