Project Baseline, run by Google spin-off Verily, will look at the genes and microbiomes of US volunteers.
It will monitor their sleep, physical activity and wellbeing over a four-year period to learn about the onset and prediction of diseases.
Each volunteer will undergo a series of detailed medical tests every year, based on samples of blood, saliva and sweat. They will be given special watches to wear that track physical movement, heart rate and rhythm, and electrical conductance of skin.
Bed sensors will monitor duration of sleep, and volunteers will fill in regular questionnaires on their health and completed cognition tests.
Verily says that all data collected will be anonymised, encrypted and securely stored. It plans to make the data available for free to potential partners who “want to contribute to the Baseline mission to understand health and the transition to disease”.
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