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title: Blog | Caitlin (7)
description: Stay up to date on healthcare news, stories and insights from across the MATTER community. (7)
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# Blog

#### Stay up to date on healthcare news, stories and insights from across the MATTER community.

# MATTER Blog

Stay up to date on healthcare news, stories and insights from across the MATTER community.

- ## [These businesses are building the future of cancer care](https://blog.matter.health/these-businesses-are-building-the-future-of-cancer-care)
  
  Jun 13, 2018
  
  [![These businesses are building the future of cancer care](https://blog.matter.health/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/5J3A6005_webheader-2-2.jpg) ](https://blog.matter.health/these-businesses-are-building-the-future-of-cancer-care)
  
  [Earlier this month, more than 40,000 cancer researchers, clinicians and innovators convened in Chicago for the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, the world’s largest cancer research conference. During the meeting, we hosted MATTER’s first oncology startup showcase.](https://blog.matter.health/these-businesses-are-building-the-future-of-cancer-care)
  
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- community
  
  ## [MATTER Spotlight: Smit Naik, Actualize Therapy](https://blog.matter.health/matter-spotlight-smit-naik-actualize-therapy)
  
  May 29, 2018
  
  [![MATTER Spotlight: Smit Naik, Actualize Therapy](https://blog.matter.health/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/SmitNaik_Still-2.png) ](https://blog.matter.health/matter-spotlight-smit-naik-actualize-therapy)
  
  [When Smit Naik graduated from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern, he knew he wanted to use his new skill sets to bring something life-changing to market. He met Professor David Mohr at Northwestern’s Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies, and made it his mission to help bring the professor’s research out of the university and into the hands of patients and providers. ...](https://blog.matter.health/matter-spotlight-smit-naik-actualize-therapy)
  
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- ## [These MATTER startups are transforming mental health care](https://blog.matter.health/these-matter-startups-are-transforming-mental-health-care)
  
  May 14, 2018
  
  [![These MATTER startups are transforming mental health care](https://blog.matter.health/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/MHQuote_Regroup_website-2.png) ](https://blog.matter.health/these-matter-startups-are-transforming-mental-health-care)
  
  [May is Mental Health Month! As part of this national conversation, we’re spending the month highlighting MATTER startups who are closing care gaps, fighting stigma and empowering patients to take an active role in their mental health.](https://blog.matter.health/these-matter-startups-are-transforming-mental-health-care)
  
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  ## [MATTER Spotlight: John Colson, ClostraBio](https://blog.matter.health/matter-spotlight-john-colson-clostrabio)
  
  May 9, 2018
  
  [![MATTER Spotlight: John Colson, ClostraBio](https://blog.matter.health/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/John%20Colson%20Thumbnail-2.png) ](https://blog.matter.health/matter-spotlight-john-colson-clostrabio)
  
  [ClostraBio is harnessing the protective ability of the microbiome to advance care and improve lives for people with food allergies.](https://blog.matter.health/matter-spotlight-john-colson-clostrabio)
  
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  ## [The future of blockchain in healthcare](https://blog.matter.health/the-future-of-blockchain-in-healthcare)
  
  May 3, 2018
  
  [![The future of blockchain in healthcare](https://blog.matter.health/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Blockchaininhealthcare_16x7-2.jpg) ](https://blog.matter.health/the-future-of-blockchain-in-healthcare)
  
  [On May 3, MATTER, the University of Illinois at Chicago, SAP and Advanced Clinical hosted Chicago’s first Blockchain in Healthcare Summit. This sold-out event brought together experts from industry and academia to discuss the potential of blockchain technology to improve clinical outcomes, map the patient journey, advance public health goals and more.](https://blog.matter.health/the-future-of-blockchain-in-healthcare)
  
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