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Scripps Research analyzed pharmacy insurance claims from over 35 million Americans, finding ‘continual, marked, annual increases’ of popular brand-name drugs.

Researchers at the Scripps Research Translational Institute have launched a new digital research platform called POWERMOM that enables pregnant women anywhere in the United States to contribute their health information to the study using a smartphone app.

New book Deep Medicine released and garners significant media attention. Click to read more and review ongoing media coverage. 

In a New York Times op-ed, Eric Topol, MD, founder and director of Scripps Research Translational Institute, discusses the science of nutrition and the need for diet to be individualized.

The partnership seeks to accelerate the application of artificial intelligence for disease prevention, health promotion and the streamlining of biomedical research efforts.

Lorraine S. Evangelista, PhD, RN, has joined the Scripps Research Translational Institute as associate scientific director for the All of Us Research Program’s Participant Center.

Researchers investigate the potential of such platforms for leveraging expert medical knowledge for patient care around the world.

"Pregnant women are curious about their health. They want to understand what is normal for women like them..."

Scripps Research is Science Changing Life

"Our study shows an almost threefold improvement in the rate of diagnosis of AFib in the those actively monitored compared to usual care."

New study shows the importance of considering local temperature and geography when measuring cardiovascular health.

Scripps Translational Science Institute to lead the national Participant Center and the program’s use of mobile technologies for each individual to collect their health data.

"We are thrilled to have the NIH’s continued support for our efforts to advance individualized medicine, both in care of patients and in training of young physicians and scientists."

A surprising common mutation may have evolved to protect humans from malaria.

By combing through thousands of human genome sequences, scientists have identified regions of our DNA that rarely change.

Data from individual patients could hold clues to stopping Ebola virus and related killers.

The editors-in-chief of npj Digital Medicine are Eric Topol, MD, a TSRI professor and the director of STSI, and Steven Steinhubl, MD, STSI’s director of Digital Medicine.

"Eric is an esteemed colleague with a clear vision for integrating scientific discovery and translational medicine."

MyGeneRank app allows individuals with genetic data from 23andMe to obtain an estimated genetic risk score for coronary artery disease.

Informatics experts at Scripps Research have been awarded close to $3 million as part of a five-year cooperative agreement to launch the National Center for Data to Health (CD2H).

With mosquito season looming in the Northern Hemisphere, doctors and researchers are poised to take on a new round of Zika virus infections.