<s>
Verily	O
Life	O
Sciences	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Verily	O
(	O
formerly	O
Google	B-Application
Life	O
Sciences	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
Alphabet	O
Inc.	O
'	O
s	O
research	O
organization	O
devoted	O
to	O
the	O
study	O
of	O
life	O
sciences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
organization	O
was	O
formerly	O
a	O
division	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
X	O
,	O
until	O
August	O
10	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
when	O
Sergey	O
Brin	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
organization	O
would	O
become	O
an	O
independent	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Alphabet	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
7	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Life	O
Sciences	O
was	O
renamed	O
Verily	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
2014	O
,	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
research	O
team	O
include	O
Andrew	O
Conrad	O
,	O
founder	O
of	O
LabCorp	O
's	O
National	O
Genetics	O
Institute	O
;	O
Vik	O
Bajaj	O
,	O
an	O
expert	O
in	O
nuclear	O
magnetic	O
resonance	O
;	O
Marija	O
Pavlovic	O
,	O
who	O
studies	O
the	O
effect	O
of	O
radiation	O
on	O
DNA	O
;	O
Alberto	O
Vitari	O
,	O
a	O
cancer	O
biologist	O
;	O
Brian	O
Otis	O
,	O
who	O
worked	O
on	O
Google	B-Device
X	I-Device
's	I-Device
glucose-sensing	I-Device
contact	I-Device
lens	I-Device
;	O
and	O
Mark	O
DePristo	O
,	O
who	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
Genome	O
Analysis	O
Toolkit	O
(	O
GATK	O
)	O
at	O
the	O
Broad	O
Institute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
9	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
division	O
acquired	O
Lift	B-Application
Labs	I-Application
,	O
the	O
makers	O
of	O
Liftware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
spoon	B-Application
for	O
people	O
with	O
tremors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contact	B-Device
lenses	I-Device
that	O
allow	O
people	O
with	O
diabetes	O
to	O
continually	O
check	O
their	O
glucose	O
levels	O
using	O
a	O
non-intrusive	O
method	O
.	O
</s>
