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New $1.7 million project to identify potential COVID-19 treatments

CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, will spearhead a $1.7 million project to identify new treatments for COVID-19, including 'long-COVID'.

2 Jul 2021

Hi-tech lab taps advanced technology to boost Singapore's future pandemic response

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Pathnova Laboratories, a medical diagnostic company backed by Temasek Life Sciences Accelerator and headquartered in Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, is contributing to Singapore's COVID-19 diagnostic capability through its partnership in a new clinical diagnostic laboratory.

2 Jul 2021

New software tool can help identify gene regulators more efficiently

A team of scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago has developed a software tool that can help researchers more efficiently identify the regulators of genes. The system leverages a machine learning algorithm to predict which transcription factors are most likely to be active in individual cells.

1 Jul 2021

Scientists identify abnormal neural replay of memories in people with schizophrenia

Neuroscientists at UCL have, for the first time, identified abnormalities in the way memories are 'replayed' in the brains of people with schizophrenia; researchers say the pathbreaking study provides an entirely new basis for explaining many of the condition's core symptoms.

30 Jun 2021

Researchers turn to machine learning to predict when immunotherapy will be effective

When it comes to defense, the body relies on attack thanks to the lymphatic and immune systems. The immune system is like the body's own personal police force as it hunts down and eliminates pathogenic villains.

30 Jun 2021

Discovery of blood biomarker opens new perspectives for dietary prevention of AMD-related risks

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the principal cause of vision loss in industrialised countries, with nearly 20 million people affected in Europe in 2020. Although identified as a risk factor, until now it was impossible to evaluate retinal omega-3 fatty acid deficits.

30 Jun 2021

New biomarkers can predict HIV remission after antiretroviral therapy interruption

New biomarkers that predict HIV remission after antiretroviral therapy (ART) interruption are critical for the development of new therapeutic strategies that can achieve infection control without ART, a condition defined as functional cure.

29 Jun 2021

Six antibody features could be used to identify women at risk of placental malaria

Six antibody characteristics could help scientists identify which pregnant women are at risk of placental malaria infections, finds a study published today in eLife.

29 Jun 2021

AI system could predict psychological distress among workers

Depression is a worldwide problem, with serious consequences for individual health and the economy, and rapid and effective screening tools are thus urgently needed to counteract its increasing prevalence.

29 Jun 2021

Optibrium Publishes Major Peer-Reviewed Study on AI Applications to Global Pharma Data

Optibrium Limited today announced the publication of a peer-reviewed study in Applied AI Letters, “Deep Imputation on Large-Scale Drug Discovery Data”.

From Optibrium Ltd. 29 Jun 2021

New methodology predicts biological activity of any molecule

The Structural Bioinformatics and Network Biology laboratory, led by ICREA Researcher Dr. Patrick Aloy, has completed the bioactivity information for a million molecules using deep machine-learning computational models. It has also disclosed a tool to predict the biological activity of any molecule, even when no experimental data are available.

29 Jun 2021

Transfer learning technique achieves 99.24% success when detecting COVID-19 in chest x-rays

Results of this technique, known as transfer learning, achieved a 99.24 per cent success rate when detecting COVID-19 in chest x-rays.

28 Jun 2021

RAMBO can cut indexing times for huge DNA databases

Rice University computer scientists are sending RAMBO to rescue genomic researchers who sometimes wait days or weeks for search results from enormous DNA databases.

28 Jun 2021

Novel face mask can diagnose Covid-19 in 90 minutes

Engineers at MIT and Harvard University have designed a novel face mask that can diagnose the wearer with Covid-19 within about 90 minutes. The masks are embedded with tiny, disposable sensors that can be fitted into other face masks and could also be adapted to detect other viruses.

28 Jun 2021

Mutation-signature–associated metrics predict cancer progression in patients

Oncotarget published "Predicting clinical outcomes using cancer progression associated signatures" which reported somatic mutation signatures are an informative facet of cancer etiology, however they are rarely useful for predicting patient outcome.

28 Jun 2021

New artificial intelligence system could lead to improved ways to control high ozone problems

Ozone levels in the earth's troposphere (the lowest level of our atmosphere) can now be forecasted with accuracy up to two weeks in advance, a remarkable improvement over current systems that can accurately predict ozone levels only three days ahead.

25 Jun 2021

New blood test can accurately detect 50 types of cancer before symptoms emerge

Final results from a study of a blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer have shown that it is accurate enough to be rolled out as a multi-cancer screening test among people at higher risk of the disease, including patients aged 50 years or older, without symptoms.

25 Jun 2021

Researchers create first detailed atlas of the developing mouse brain

Researchers at Harvard University and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have created a first detailed atlas of a critical region of the developing mouse brain, applying multiple advanced genomic technologies to the part of the cerebral cortex that is responsible for processing sensation from the body.

24 Jun 2021

Nanotechnology and artificial intelligence may be valuable components in securing global food production

An international team of researchers led by scientists at the University of Birmingham, UK, developed a series of steps to follow that could harness AI and integrate the power of nanomaterials safely, sustainably and responsibly, into agricultural practices..

24 Jun 2021

Machine learning tools can help identify tooth loss

Tooth loss is often accepted as a natural part of aging, but what if there was a way to better identify those most susceptible without the need for a dental exam?

24 Jun 2021

Machine Learning News and Research

New $1.7 million project to identify potential COVID-19 treatments

Hi-tech lab taps advanced technology to boost Singapore's future pandemic response

New software tool can help identify gene regulators more efficiently

Scientists identify abnormal neural replay of memories in people with schizophrenia

Researchers turn to machine learning to predict when immunotherapy will be effective

Discovery of blood biomarker opens new perspectives for dietary prevention of AMD-related risks

New biomarkers can predict HIV remission after antiretroviral therapy interruption

Six antibody features could be used to identify women at risk of placental malaria

AI system could predict psychological distress among workers

Optibrium Publishes Major Peer-Reviewed Study on AI Applications to Global Pharma Data

New methodology predicts biological activity of any molecule

Transfer learning technique achieves 99.24% success when detecting COVID-19 in chest x-rays

RAMBO can cut indexing times for huge DNA databases

Novel face mask can diagnose Covid-19 in 90 minutes

Mutation-signature–associated metrics predict cancer progression in patients

New artificial intelligence system could lead to improved ways to control high ozone problems

New blood test can accurately detect 50 types of cancer before symptoms emerge

Researchers create first detailed atlas of the developing mouse brain

Nanotechnology and artificial intelligence may be valuable components in securing global food production

Machine learning tools can help identify tooth loss

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