3 Tech Highlights from Forbes’ Healthcare 30 under 30
From lab-grown organs to infinitesimal body measurements, this year’s crop is all tech all the time
Forbes 30 under 30 2015 in Healthcare has big dreams, including revolutionizing cancer care, and taking wearables into a future where they provide actually useful data to healthcare practitioners. Here are 3 to watch.
Eleni Antoniadou – Transplants without Donors
As of June 2014, there were 122,949 people on organ donor waiting lists. 85% of them will never receive an organ, mostly due to issues with the supply chain. Eleni Antoniadou aims to change that, leveraging new technology to grow heart valves, nerves, tracheas, and other low-complexity organs in a laboratory. Sound like science fiction? Antoniadou insists this kind of work has been occurring in labs since 2009. Learn more here.
David He – Quanttus
Wearables are the hot new thing in healthcare. But the early-stage devices on today’s market have severe limitations in the type and reliability of data they record. Quanttus’ device (with no release date or pricing info as of today) claims to measure more data more reliably, using imperceptible body movements as triggers. They’ve already raised $22m in funding, and validation studies have already taken place at Harvard Medical and Masachussetts General. Learn more here.
Nat Turner – Flatiron Health
After a start in online food delivery, Nat Turner has turned his entrepreneurial eye towards oncology, co-founding Flatiron Health, a company that aims to “get into the weeds” of cancer care. With 96% of oncology patient data in non-standardized formats, it’s impossible to get meaningful, clinically valuable stats on cancer care. Flatiron’s OncologyCloud platform aims to empower cancer caregivers with deep, actionable insights. They’ve got a great overview of the issue on their website.