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Health-tech startups expanding innovations one year after completing Cedars-Sinai Accelerator program

One year after graduating from the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator powered by Techstars, several health-tech startups are swiftly expanding their innovations into hospitals and other healthcare settings for the benefit of patients.

27 May 2017

Researchers develop new modified toy car designs for children with disabilities

Researchers at Oregon State University have developed two new modified toy car designs for children with disabilities in an effort to encourage them to further explore, play, and engage in physical and social activities.

24 May 2017

Review: Medical image denoising using machine learning techniques for better diagnostic accuracy

Machine learning techniques are increasingly demonstrating success in image-based diagnosis, disease detection and disease prognosis.

24 May 2017

Machine-learning algorithm may help identify hospitalized patients at risk for severe sepsis

A machine-learning algorithm has the capability to identify hospitalized patients at risk for severe sepsis and septic shock using data from electronic health records, according to a study presented at the 2017 American Thoracic Society International Conference.

24 May 2017

Researchers aim to explore role of physical activity on aging trajectories of the brain

Most people know that regular exercise can keep a body looking and feeling young. What about the brain?

24 May 2017

Wristwatch-like devices can provide information related to different kinds of brain activity

What can we learn about emotions, the brain and behavior from a wristband? Plenty, according to a prominent MIT engineer and researcher in her plenary session address at the American Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting, www.americanpainsociety.org.

22 May 2017

IBM and Rensselaer create new research center to develop cognitive tools for health empowerment

IBM and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today announced the creation of the new Center for Health Empowerment by Analytics, Learning, and Semantics.

17 May 2017

Study shows that humans reprocess recent memories in sleep

Sleep helps us to retain the information that we have learned during the day. We know from animal experiments that new memories are reactivated during sleep.

17 May 2017

Guardant Health introduces new initiative to sequence tumor DNA of one million cancer patients

Guardant Health, the world leader in comprehensive liquid biopsies, announced an ambitious goal to sequence the tumor DNA of more than 1 million cancer patients within five years.

15 May 2017

Analyzing single-cell RNA data in pre-malignant tumors

RNA sequencing is basically the isolation of RNA from cells and the use of reverse transcriptase to turn the RNA into DNA. You can then use your standard DNA sequencing technologies to quantify the cDNA that you obtained from the reverse transcription reaction.

12 May 2017

BGRF scientists help develop AI to expedite drug development for age-related conditions

The Chief Science Officer of the Biogerontology Research Foundation will present new research on artificial intelligence for drug discovery at the NVIDIA Graphics Technology Conference at the San Jose Convention Center, on Wednesday, May 10, 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM alongside two AI scientists from the BGRF and Insilico Medicine, where they will deliver a presentation titled "Applications of Generative Adversarial Networks to Drug Discovery in Oncology and Infectious Diseases".

9 May 2017

Machine learning could help reduce false positives from mammography screening

Machine learning (or coding) could help reduce false positives from mammography screening, according to an article study published online in the May 4, 2017 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association Oncology.

8 May 2017

Machine learning algorithm can help predict progression of age-related macular degeneration

Scientists have demonstrated that a machine learning algorithm, using images of patients' retinas obtained over time, can predict the critical moment when early or intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMD) will progress into severe AMD.

8 May 2017

ARVO 2017 to showcase latest advances in treatments for eye disease and blindness

The Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology is the largest gathering of eye and vision researchers in the world, with over 11,000 attendees from more than 75 countries.

2 May 2017

Study sets stage for potential stool-based test to detect advanced liver fibrosis

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) - a condition that can lead to liver cirrhosis and cancer -; isn't typically detected until it's well advanced. Even then, diagnosis requires an invasive liver biopsy.

2 May 2017

TACC's supercomputers assist in discovery of new, better chemotherapy drugs

Surgery and radiation remove, kill, or damage cancer cells in a certain area. But chemotherapy -- which uses medicines or drugs to treat cancer -- can work throughout the whole body, killing cancer cells that have spread far from the original tumor.

2 May 2017

Penn State establishes new $2.4-million Biomedical Big Data to Knowledge Training Program

A new $2.4-million program for graduate students seeking to contribute to breakthrough discoveries in medicine and biology has been established at Penn State University with nearly $1.4 million in funding from the National Library of Medicine of the U.S. National Institutes of Health and more than $1 million from Penn State.

28 Apr 2017

AI-based smartphone application can guide users towards healthier lifestyle

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed artificial intelligence (AI)-based data analysis methods used in a smartphone application of Odum Ltd. The application can estimate its users' health risks and, if necessary, guide them towards a healthier lifestyle.

28 Apr 2017

Scientists aim to build computer model of complex memory formation

Much of what scientists know about human memory comes from studies involving relatively simple acts of recollection--remembering lists of words or associations between names and faces.

28 Apr 2017

Researchers find way to use artificial intelligence to combat diabetic retinopathy

Researchers from the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University have found a way to use artificial intelligence to fight a complication of diabetes that affects the eyes. This advance has the potential to reduce the worldwide rate of vision loss due to diabetes.

28 Apr 2017

Artificial Intelligence News and Research

Latest Artificial Intelligence News and Research

Health-tech startups expanding innovations one year after completing Cedars-Sinai Accelerator program

Researchers develop new modified toy car designs for children with disabilities

Review: Medical image denoising using machine learning techniques for better diagnostic accuracy

Machine-learning algorithm may help identify hospitalized patients at risk for severe sepsis

Researchers aim to explore role of physical activity on aging trajectories of the brain

Wristwatch-like devices can provide information related to different kinds of brain activity

IBM and Rensselaer create new research center to develop cognitive tools for health empowerment

Study shows that humans reprocess recent memories in sleep

Guardant Health introduces new initiative to sequence tumor DNA of one million cancer patients

Analyzing single-cell RNA data in pre-malignant tumors

BGRF scientists help develop AI to expedite drug development for age-related conditions

Machine learning could help reduce false positives from mammography screening

Machine learning algorithm can help predict progression of age-related macular degeneration

ARVO 2017 to showcase latest advances in treatments for eye disease and blindness

Study sets stage for potential stool-based test to detect advanced liver fibrosis

TACC's supercomputers assist in discovery of new, better chemotherapy drugs

Penn State establishes new $2.4-million Biomedical Big Data to Knowledge Training Program

AI-based smartphone application can guide users towards healthier lifestyle

Scientists aim to build computer model of complex memory formation

Researchers find way to use artificial intelligence to combat diabetic retinopathy

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