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  • MINNEAPOLIS, MN and MADISON, WI—Flywheel, a cloud-based informatics platform for medical research and HealthMyne, a company that uses AI-enabled radiomic solutions to translate health research insights, announced a partnership. The goal is to combine the companies’ technologies to speed up research and advance clinical trial outcomes.
  • FLINT, MI—XLerateHealth has selected six healthcare startups to participate in its 2021 Flint cohort. The startups include Kalamazoo-based Adlore; Newton, PA-based DRS.LINQ; St. Louis-based Intuitool Devices, Inc.; Flint-based Isaab Innovations; North Beach, MD-based MyHelse; and East Landing-based Vern Health.
  • ANN ARBOR, MI—Your risk of cancer may go beyond your family history. University of Michigan startup InheRET is developing a tool that more accurately identifies which people are at risk for developing inherited cancers based on more than standard family histories. The Inherited Risk Evaluation Tool (InheRET) applies an algorithm based on National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines.