Amazon June 26, 2024
AWS is providing $10 million to accelerate research for pediatric health care and to better understand rare diseases.
Nicole Giroux knows what it’s like to wait for a precise diagnosis—and the effective treatment that comes along with it.
Her daughter Lila first showed symptoms of inoperable brain cancer nearly 15 years ago. Lila was just 15 months old at the time. Due to a lack of data, it would take an excruciating five years before the Giroux family had a more specific understanding of the molecular make-up for their little girl’s tumor.
Lila shortly after she was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer.
“Shortly into that journey with treatment, my husband and I learned about the complete lack of treatment options...