Dr. Patrick Soon Shiong

Whether he turns out to be the hero of his own life or that station will be held by anyone else, Dr. Patrick Soon Shiong has a big vision and a wallet to match it. His company, NantHealth, aims, through cloud computing, to integrate every aspect of a person’s health information—from genome sequencing to everyday data from wearable monitors. The company claims it can scan a genome in 47 seconds, though that has been disputed. If this idea does have “feet” it could lead to the vast prediction potential of population health.   MORE

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