Roche partnered with Bristol Myers Squibb to utilize two digital pathology platforms that would advance research into treatment options for patients diagnosed to have solid tumors. 

Oncology startup Volastra Therapeutics inked a deal with Microsoft to develop unique digital pathology tools for oncology and also announced the New York-based company’s seed funding round was extended from $12 million to $44 million.

A recent study published in Nature suggests there exists a biological barrier on human life expectancy that effectively can not be broken.