Tomas Chlebek asalin Kwanaki kadan da suka gabata mun rubuta akan Jablíčkára game da karuwar mahimmancin kula da lafiya a cikin samfuran Apple. Yanzu akwai ƙarin tabbaci - Apple ya ɗauki Stephen Friend a hukumance, ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawu a fagen binciken lafiya.
Tarihin Stephen Friend ya haɗa da aiki a kan sashen Makarantar Kiwon Lafiya ta Harvard da kuma matsayin shugaban bincike na oncology a Merck, ɗaya daga cikin manyan kamfanonin harhada magunguna a duniya. A shekara ta 2009, ya kafa kuma ya zama shugaban kungiyar Sage Bionetworks mai zaman kanta, wanda shine, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, wani muhimmin mahimmanci na ra'ayin "kimiyya bude".
Wani yunƙuri ne da nufin faɗaɗa damar jama'a ga binciken kimiyya da sakamakonsa da ba da damar kyakkyawar mu'amala mai daɗi tsakanin masana kimiyya da jama'a.
Sage Bionetworks yana aiki tare da Apple na ɗan lokaci. Misali, ya saki biyu daga cikin aikace-aikacen bincike biyar na farko da aka gina akan dandamali BincikeKit. Mark Gurman, ɗaya daga cikin amintattun hanyoyin samun bayanan bayan fage masu alaƙa da Apple, Yace, Abokin da Apple, aƙalla a matsayin mai ba da shawara, a hankali shekara daya da rabi suna aiki tare.
Aboki ba zai bar Sage Bionetworks ba. Zai ci gaba da kasancewa memba na hukumar, amma ayyukansa na yau da kullun zai koma Apple. Sanarwar Sage Bionetworks jihohi: "Dr. Aboki ya karɓi matsayi a Apple inda zai yi aiki kan ayyukan da suka shafi kiwon lafiya.
