Most participants in clinical trials believe the benefits of broadly sharing individual data outweigh the risks, a new Stanford study has found.
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Health data provide insights into rare diseases, say panelists at Big Data in Precision Health
At a time when technology is bringing the world closer together, the practice and potential of sharing patient data is beginning to blur the notion of “rare” diseases, and offer more options for identifying and treating conditions previously considered undiagnosed, panelists at a Stanford conference said.
The digital evolution of health care at Big Data in Precision Health
During a digital health-focused session at the Big Data in Precision Health conference, four speakers detailed the ways in which they're harnessing digital technologies to empower patient health.
Elevating everyone at the Big Data in Precision Health conference
Experts from academia, industry government and more came together at this year's Big Data in Precision Health conference to share successes, lessons and insights into how they're breaking down data to precisely advance health care and research.
Countdown to Big Data in Precision Health: Understanding the hype and the hope for AI in health care
Dekel Gelbman, CEO of FDNA, speaks on the role of artificial intelligence in health care, and how he sees AI contributing to genetic diagnostic in particular.
Countdown to Big Data in Precision Health: Where machine learning and clinical care intersect
Jenna Wiens, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, speaks to how big data, machine learning and health care intersect in advance of the Big Data in Precision Health conference at Stanford.
Countdown to Big Data in Precision Health: Breaking down data to improve health care
Jennifer Schneider, chief medical officer, breaks down her perspective on the intersection of technology and health care in preparation for this year's Big Data in Precision Health conference.
UK Biobank data opens up window into genetics of disease
A biobank from the U.K. releases hundreds of thousands of anonymized medical records and genetic data to scientists, who used it to track down new links between genetics and disease.
Countdown to Big Data in Precision Health: Venture capital in health care
Lisa Suennen of GE Ventures speaks about big data and digital innovations in the month leading up to her talk at Stanford's Big Data conference.
Solving social problems with data
A combination of machine learning and human judgment can provide solutions for social problems, said Rayid Ghani of the University of Chicago in a speech at Stanford.
New way to understand tumor diversity combines CRISPR with genetic barcodes
Stanford researchers develop a new way to track the growth of diverse tumor types, using gene editing and DNA barcoding.
Key genes for species diversity have been systematically ignored, Stanford study suggests
Researchers have assumed that "synonymous" mutations don't matter. Now it looks like they're among the most important for creating species diversity.
More-frequent pot smoking found to correlate with more frequent sexual intercourse
The jury’s still out on rock ’n’ roll. But the link between sex and at least one drug, marijuana, has been confirmed. According to the …
Power in numbers: Researchers collaborate to study tissue-specific gene expression
One of the thorniest issues of biology -- learning how differences in DNA sequences among individuals affect how genes are expressed in their bodies' tissues …
Dean Lloyd Minor hosts discussion on health care data sharing and leadership
Last Friday, Dean Lloyd Minor, MD, hosted Karen DeSalvo, MD, former acting assistant secretary for health, in a wide-ranging discussion that addressed leadership, Hurricane Katrina …
Stanford Medicine launches Health Care Trends Report
Big data will transform health care in the future, but more needs to be done to train doctors and patients in data management and analysis. …