The ex - head of Google 's life sciences division , now renamed Verily , has been announced as CEO of Grail , a biotech spun out of genomics giant Illumina , which intends to revolutionise the way we diagnose and treat cancer by using simple blood test , or ' liquid biospies ' . Jeff ##ber told reporters he would use his experience at Google building big data systems to refine Google 's genome mapping technology . Huber 's wife was diagnosed with colon cancer , and died in November 2015 , prompting Huber to describe his drive to succeed in more efficient diagnoses as " very poignant " .
The ex-head of Google's life sciences division, now renamed Verily, has been announced as CEO of Grail, a biotech spun out of genomics giant Illumina, which intends to revolutionise the way we diagnose and treat cancer by using simple blood test, or 'liquid biospies'. Jeff Huber told reporters he will use his experience at Google building big data systems to refine Grail's gene sequencing technology. Huber's wife was diagnosed with colon cancer, and died in November 2015, leading Huber to describe his drive to succeed in more efficient diagnoses as "very poignant".