Google Broadens Life Sciences with Mental Health Hire

Source: Google News - HealthGoogle has hired the director of the US National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to broaden the scope of its life sciences projects. The life sciences division at Google is already working on diabetes, genomics, and slowing down ageing. With the appointment of Dr Thomas Insel, the director of NIMH since 2002, it now plans to tackle mental health too.