Amazon has a secret unit called 1492 focused on health tech

The stealth team, which is headquartered in Seattle, is focused on both hardware and software projects, according to two people familiar. Amazon has become increasingly interested in exploring new business in healthcare. For example, Amazon has another unit exploring selling pharmaceuticals, CNBC reported in May.

The new team is currently looking at opportunities that involve pushing and pulling data from legacy electronic medical record systems. If successful, Amazon could make that information available to consumers and their doctors.

I wouldn’t be surprised if long-term goal of this unit would be, just like for Google’s Verily, genetic engineering and anti-aging medical research.