Monday, 9 March 2015

Apple to tap iPhone users for medical research


A screen shot of the new Apple Watch after Apple chief executive Tim Cook unveiled it during a media event March 9, 2015, in San Francisco, California Apple on Monday unveiled an initiative to help researchers tackle some of the world's most critical medical conditions by gathering data from willing iPhone users. The plan will use, on a voluntary basis, data from medical tracking apps to aid research on asthma, breast cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and Parkinson’s disease. The move aims "to transform medical research," Apple chief executive Tim Cook said, by gathering real-time data from millions of users. In collaboration with large medical research centers, Apple will gather data through apps develop for its new ResearchKit platform.








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