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Collaboration between human and artificial intelligence has huge potential in medicine

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in medicine to support human expertise. However, the potential of these applications and the risks inherent in the interaction between human and artificial intelligence has not yet been thoroughly researched.

23 Jun 2020

Special time-locked encoding mechanism may have evolved for human speech

Humans can effortlessly recognize and react to natural sounds and are especially tuned to speech. There have been several studies aimed to localize and understand the speech-specific parts of the brain, but as the same brain areas are mostly active for all sounds, it has remained unclear whether or not the brain has unique processes for speech processing, and how it performs these processes.

22 Jun 2020

Simple blood test found to accurately diagnose and classify brain tumors

A simple but highly sensitive blood test has been found to accurately diagnose and classify different types of brain tumors, resulting in more accurate diagnosis, less invasive methods and better treatment planning for patients, in the future.

22 Jun 2020

UAH researchers assess treatment efficacy of naturally occurring compounds against COVID-19

The Baudry Lab at The University of Alabama in Huntsville has identified 125 naturally occurring compounds that have a computational potential for efficacy against the COVID-19 virus from the first batch of 50,000 rapidly assessed by a supercomputer.

22 Jun 2020

How weather affects COVID-19 in India

With India now having endured six months of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, there are now over 410,000 official cases in and more than 13,000 deaths recorded. Almost all these deaths have occurred in the last three months, April to June, with 100 deaths on April 4, 2020, increasing almost 16-fold by May 4, and 63-fold by June 4, 2020.

21 Jun 2020

Researchers develop method to estimate time-dependent reproduction number

In times of Corona, everybody looks at the reproduction number. However, this important number is subject to uncertainties.

19 Jun 2020

Tracking patients' medical records over time reveals more about diseases

Electronic health records contain important information about patients' health outlook and the care they receive, but the records are not always precise.

18 Jun 2020

Researchers use aquaculture to tackle snail fever

Pioneering research led by the University of Stirling could play a vital role in reducing the prevalence of "snail fever" - a debilitating infection that affects more than 200 million people worldwide.

18 Jun 2020

Researchers develop tool to identify proteins associated with drug side effects

A multi-institutional group of researchers led by Harvard Medical School and the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research has created an open-source machine learning tool that identifies proteins associated with drug side effects.

18 Jun 2020

Repurposing immunosuppressants to manage COVID-19

It might seem paradoxical to suggest immunosuppression could play a role in managing COVID-19. The seemingly logical therapeutic option for this disease would be an antiviral.

18 Jun 2020

Researchers launch Canada's first post-operative virtual care study

A team of researchers and health care providers at Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University have launched Canada's first study to remotely manage patients after surgery.

17 Jun 2020

Penn’s CEET receives $8 million grant for environmental health research

The Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology at the University of Pennsylvania received an $8 million grant, to be distributed over the next five years, from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a renewal of its P30 Environmental Health Sciences Core Center grant.

17 Jun 2020

CSIRO and Microsoft partner to tackle global challenges

Artificial intelligence and other digital technologies will be harnessed to tackle global challenges including illegal fishing and plastic waste, and to boost farming as part of a new partnership between Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and Microsoft.

17 Jun 2020

Medwise.ai wins Innovate UK funding to develop AI-powered platform that answers COVID-19 questions

Accelerate Cambridge and DigitalHealth.London launchpad company Medwise.ai announces it was selected from over 8600 applications to receive funding by the UK Government to develop an AI-powered platform that answers COVID-19 questions for healthcare professionals.

17 Jun 2020

Accelerating the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer with Mass-Spectrometry Based Techniques

An interview with Livia Eberlin, Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, discussing the development of mass-spectrometry based techniques for cancer diagnosis and improved clinical outcomes.

From Pittcon 16 Jun 2020

Artificial intelligence helps reduce 'communication gap' for nonverbal people

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to reduce the 'communication gap' for nonverbal people with motor disabilities who rely on computers to converse with others.

15 Jun 2020

NIH launches a centralized, secure enclave to store and study COVID-19 patient data

The National Institutes of Health has launched a centralized, secure enclave to store and study vast amounts of medical record data from people diagnosed with coronavirus disease across the country.

15 Jun 2020

University of Colorado partners with MedTech entrepreneurs to form Preview Medical, Inc

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, led by CU Innovations, has partnered with serial MedTech entrepreneurs Jonathan Gasson and Sharon Lake to form PreView Medical, Inc. PreView's clinically proven technology focuses on the diagnosis and treatment optimization of prostate cancer.

15 Jun 2020

Dante Labs, Cambridge Cancer Genomics and Nonacus collaborate to provide precision oncology at scale

Dante Labs, Cambridge Cancer Genomics, and Nonacus, today announced that they have signed a collaboration agreement.

15 Jun 2020

New AI algorithm could help people with type 1 diabetes better manage their glucose levels

Researchers and physicians at Oregon Health & Science University, using artificial intelligence and automated monitoring, have designed a method to help people with type 1 diabetes better manage their glucose levels.

14 Jun 2020

Artificial Intelligence News and Research

Latest Artificial Intelligence News and Research

Collaboration between human and artificial intelligence has huge potential in medicine

Special time-locked encoding mechanism may have evolved for human speech

Simple blood test found to accurately diagnose and classify brain tumors

UAH researchers assess treatment efficacy of naturally occurring compounds against COVID-19

How weather affects COVID-19 in India

Researchers develop method to estimate time-dependent reproduction number

Tracking patients' medical records over time reveals more about diseases

Researchers use aquaculture to tackle snail fever

Researchers develop tool to identify proteins associated with drug side effects

Repurposing immunosuppressants to manage COVID-19

Researchers launch Canada's first post-operative virtual care study

Penn’s CEET receives $8 million grant for environmental health research

CSIRO and Microsoft partner to tackle global challenges

Medwise.ai wins Innovate UK funding to develop AI-powered platform that answers COVID-19 questions

Accelerating the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer with Mass-Spectrometry Based Techniques

Artificial intelligence helps reduce 'communication gap' for nonverbal people

NIH launches a centralized, secure enclave to store and study COVID-19 patient data

University of Colorado partners with MedTech entrepreneurs to form Preview Medical, Inc

Dante Labs, Cambridge Cancer Genomics and Nonacus collaborate to provide precision oncology at scale

New AI algorithm could help people with type 1 diabetes better manage their glucose levels

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