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In the version of this article initially published, PureTech was incorrectly credited for the illustration on p. 457. The Biosensing Body Image illustration is by Abby B. Marsh. The error has been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.
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Elenko, E., Underwood, L. & Zohar, D. Defining digital medicine. Nat Biotechnol 33, 456–461 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3222
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