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iCarbonX Digital Life Alliance news

January 13, 2017 7:53 PM UTC

iCarbonX said seven companies joined its Digital Life Alliance, through which it aims to combine genetic, biologic and patient-generated data with sequencing and artificial intelligence technology to "instantly detect meaningful signals about health, disease and aging." The company said the "iCarbonX ecosystem" has invested nearly $400 million in the seven companies but did not provide specific details about investors and did not respond to inquiries. iCarbonX took a minority equity stake in new alliance member PatientsLikeMe, which aggregates patient-generated health data via an online platform. PatientsLikeMe said it raised more than $100 million in a round that also included existing investor Invus; the company declined to disclose details...