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Study reveals limitations of ChatGPT in emergency medicine

If ChatGPT were cut loose in the Emergency Department, it might suggest unneeded x-rays and antibiotics for some patients and admit others who didn't require hospital treatment, a new study from UC San Francisco has found.

8 Oct 2024

CBT app shows promise in preventing depression

A cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) app has been found to significantly prevent increases in depression in young people who are at high risk - and could be implemented as a cost-effective public mental health measure.

8 Oct 2024

Revolutionizing drug discovery with SmartCADD

Drug discovery is much like working a jigsaw puzzle. The chemical compounds behind drug molecules must be shaped to fit with the proteins in our bodies to produce therapeutic effects.

8 Oct 2024

Brainstem inflammation may explain long Covid symptoms

Damage to the brainstem – the brain's 'control center' – is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe Covid-19 infection, a study suggests.

8 Oct 2024

AI and imaging tools to drive personalized cancer treatments in Europe

Developing new cancer treatment tools, using imaging techniques such as PET-CT and MRI, and new radiopharmaceuticals for next-generation personalized therapies ("Theranostics") to target cancer first at the "diagnosis" phase and then at the "therapy" phase, using the same biological targets ("see to treat").

8 Oct 2024

New UCL hub to advance cancer detection with imaging tech

UCL will lead a £17 million surgical imaging hub to improve cancer detection and take part in a £12 million collaboration to help solve age and disability-related mobility issues, in a major funding award from the UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

8 Oct 2024

Study reviews BNMs' role in understanding brain disorders

A research team from the International Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence at Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, has recently published a comprehensive review in the journal Health Data Science on the application of Brain Network Models (BNMs) in the medical field.

8 Oct 2024

Overcoming CRISPR's side effects for therapeutic applications

CRISPR is a revolutionary tool that allows scientists to precisely modify the genome and gene expression of cells in any organism. It's a reagent-;a substance that facilitates a reaction-;that combines an enzyme with a programmable RNA capable of locating specific genetic sequences. Once guided to the correct spot, the enzyme acts like a pair of scissors, cutting, replacing, or deleting sequences of DNA.

7 Oct 2024

New platform mimics immune interactions to boost cancer treatment

Imagine a world where your own immune cells are transformed into cancer-fighting superheroes.

7 Oct 2024

Researchers use AI to reveal sex-based differences in glioblastoma prognosis

For years, cancer researchers have noticed that more men than women get a lethal form of brain cancer called glioblastoma.

7 Oct 2024

New deep-learning framework identifies non-addictive pain relief options

An estimated one in five Americans live with chronic pain and current treatment options leave much to be desired.

7 Oct 2024

Tech breaks effectively reduce cell phone use in classrooms

Technology breaks reduce cell phone use in college classrooms but have mixed results on academic performance, suggesting further investigation is needed.

6 Oct 2024

CheekAge: Next-gen epigenetic clock accurately predicts mortality risk

Researchers developed CheekAge, an epigenetic clock based on buccal cells, and found it predicted mortality risk with significant accuracy. This study validates CheekAge as a reliable aging biomarker, outperforming first-generation clocks.

6 Oct 2024

AI revolutionizes ophthalmology with oculomics for cardiovascular risk assessment

A recent position paper in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology explores the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in ophthalmology.

4 Oct 2024

New X-ray technique reveals metal ion role in antibiotic efficacy

Researchers from City St George's, University of London have used a new ultra-high precision x-ray scattering technique to unveil the location and identity of metal ions in bacteria that are crucial for antibiotics to work optimally.

4 Oct 2024

Owkin partners with AstraZeneca to enhance gBRCA testing for breast cancer

Owkin, the first end-to-end AI-biotech that uses cutting-edge causal AI to unlock precision drug discovery, development and diagnostics, is pleased to announce a new partnership with AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company, to develop an AI-powered tool to pre-screen for gBRCA mutations (gBRCAm) in breast cancer directly from digitized pathology slides.

4 Oct 2024

Myogenes Clozapine Test promises to improve outcomes for schizophrenia patients

Myogenes, a leading innovator in genetic testing, has been awarded a grant from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, to further develop its revolutionary Myogenes Clozapine Test for treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS). This cutting-edge genetic analysis tool promises to dramatically improve patient care and generate substantial cost savings for the NHS.

4 Oct 2024

KiNet web portal enhances study of kinase functions in cellular signaling pathways

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have introduced KiNet, an interactive web portal designed to explore kinase-substrate interactions in human cellular systems. These interactions play a vital role in modulating complex signaling pathways that control various cellular processes, such as cell growth, differentiation, and response to environmental stimuli.

4 Oct 2024

Innovative blood test for lung cancer offers faster and more sensitive diagnosis

A new way of diagnosing lung cancer with a blood draw is 10 times faster and 14 times more sensitive than earlier methods, according to University of Michigan researchers.

3 Oct 2024

Quantum discovery shows potential to revolutionize pharmaceutical development

University of Copenhagen mathematicians have developed a recipe for upgrading quantum computers to simulate complex quantum systems, such as molecules.

3 Oct 2024