Media Coverage

ISB Co-founder Dr. Lee Hood talks about his vision for “big data-driven health” and how it could revolutionize the healthcare industry, the psychological impact of longer lifespans for humans, and the earthquake AI has caused in health.

Can chronic disease be prevented with data clouds, AI, genome testing and more? Can we add 50 years to our lives? Doctors Leroy Hood and Nathan Price outline what medicine will look like in the next 5 years – including the bright future of treatments for Alzheimer’s, cancer, and heart disease.

Lee Hood and Nathan Price spoke with podcast hosts Robb Wilson and Josh Tyson about how AI and scientific thinking intersect with preventive medicine and longevity.

Body mass index (BMI) is a long-used health indicator, but it comes with a long list of negatives. ISB researchers developed biological BMI that generates a more useful, actionable and accurate molecular score.

Popular Mechanics interviewed ISB Co-founder and Professor Dr. Lee Hood for an article titled “Leroy Hood Wants To Show You How To Live for a Really, Really Long Time.” The story features Hood’s big-data approach and a focus on disease prevention – all in the quest to help us live longer.

In this wide ranging podcast interview, Lee Hood and Nathan Price discussed why we age and die, sick care vs. healthcare, chronological age, the gut microbiome, and much more.

Reporter Anahad O’Connor cited ISB Associate Professor and microbiome specialist Dr. Sean Gibbons. Gibbons comments on a study he wasn’t involved with, saying it is interesting as it indicates people can lose body weight and body fat by switching to a diet that targets their gut microbiomes, even without exercising more or cutting back on calories.

There is tremendous market and media frenzy around new Alzheimer’s disease drugs, but their efficacy is contested while the potential of prevention is untapped and underreported, Drs. Lee Hood and Nathan Price wrote.