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In the news | CNBC
Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies are studying how the human immune system reacts to the coronavirus
Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies are working together to study how the human immune system responds to the COVID-19 coronavirus. By understanding the immune signature, meaning how humans are responding to the disease, the companies hope to speed the process of…
In the news | MSPoweruser
Peter Lee becomes the head of Microsoft Research
Microsoft today announced leadership changes for Microsoft Research. Peter Lee will be the new leader for the Microsoft Research organization. Peter Lee was already leading several research teams that were developing technology in healthcare and life sciences. In his new…
Awards | National Academy of Medicine
Peter Lee elected to National Academy of Medicine
Peter Lee, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Healthcare, was elected by his peers in the National Academy of Medicine for distinguished contributions to medicine and health—advancing state-of-the-art artificial intelligence for precision medicine, including genomics, immunomics, and medical imaging, and in cloud technology for…
In the news | Official Microsoft Blog
Microsoft for Healthcare: technology and collaboration for better experiences, insights and care
Microsoft's technology and partnerships are helping empower care teams, improve clinical and operational outcomes and advance precision healthcare, with a specific focus on putting people's privacy at the center.
In the news | ZDNet
AI and health: Using machine learning to understand the human immune system
Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies have partnered on an ambitious immunology project that could see diseases diagnosed much faster.
In the news | Official Microsoft Blog
Microsoft’s focus on transforming healthcare: Intelligent health through AI and the cloud
Working side-by-side with the healthcare industry's most pioneering players, we are bringing Microsoft's capabilities in groundbreaking research and product development to help healthcare providers, biotech companies and organizations around the world use artificial intelligence and the cloud to innovate.
In the news | siliconrepublic
Microsoft to use AI to predict hundreds of illnesses from single blood test
The aim is to create a single blood test that could be trained to identify potentially hundreds of illnesses in the immune system before they present themselves as symptoms.
In the news | BusinessWire
Adaptive Biotechnologies Announces Partnership with Microsoft to Decode the Human Immune System to Improve the Diagnosis of Disease
Adaptive Biotechnologies, a leader in next-generation sequencing of T- and B-cell receptors of the adaptive immune system, announced today their partnership with Microsoft to map the genetics of the human immune system to detect cancers and other diseases in their…
In the news | The New York Times
How Big Tech Is Going After Your Health Care
Peter Lee says Microsoft is focusing on what people in the health care world are doing today and how the company can make it better.