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AI-driven alerts improve patient care escalation and survival rates in hospitals

Deploying and evaluating a machine learning intervention to improve clinical care and patient outcomes is a key step in moving clinical deterioration models from byte to bedside, according to a June 13 editorial in Critical Care Medicine that comments on a Mount Sinai study published in the same issue.

13 Jun 2024

UC San Diego's initiative for combating the opioid crisis with AI

Opioids are a broad group of effective pain-relieving medicines that can become highly addictive in some individuals. According to government sources, nearly 40 million people are addicted to illicit drugs worldwide.

13 Jun 2024

Long-read RNA sequencing reveals novel insights into alternative splicing and disease genetics

Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) researchers harness long-read RNA sequencing to decode genetic intricacies and disease links.

12 Jun 2024

Gut bacteria turn dietary phytate into health-boosting fatty acids, study shows

Study reveals that human gut bacteria, particularly Mitsuokella jalaludinii, efficiently degrade dietary phytate into short-chain fatty acids, enhancing health benefits through microbial synergy.

12 Jun 2024

Study reveals exploitation mechanism of virus-related nanoparticles for bacterial proliferation

Viruses are ubiquitous in the environment, and organisms have developed various mechanisms to counter their threat.

11 Jun 2024

Innovative blood test boosts accuracy of lung cancer screening

A blood-based, cell-free deoxyribonucleic acid (cfDNA) fragmentome assay for lung cancer detection.

11 Jun 2024

Precision-guided treatment boosts outcomes in children with high-risk cancers

Study reveals that precision-guided treatment (PGT) improves outcomes in high-risk pediatric cancer patients, but clinical adoption remains low due to physician uncertainty and lack of long-term survival data.

10 Jun 2024

Transplanted gut microbes from aged mice trigger inflammation in young germ-free mice

When scientists transplanted the gut microbes of aged mice into young "germ-free" mice -; raised to have no gut microbes of their own -; the recipient mice experienced an increase in inflammation that parallels inflammatory processes associated with aging in humans.

10 Jun 2024

Efficient whole-gene insertions can be achieved with improved gene-editing technology

Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have improved a gene-editing technology that is now capable of inserting or substituting entire genes in the genome in human cells efficiently enough to be potentially useful for therapeutic applications.

10 Jun 2024

Key protein orco crucial for ant olfactory neuron survival and social behavior

While smell plays a considerable role in the social interactions of humans-;for instance, signaling fear or generating closeness-;for ants, it is vitally important.

7 Jun 2024

MGI Tech launches whole workflow solution for agricultural large-scale low-pass whole genome sequencing at PAG Asia 2024

MGI Tech Co., Ltd. (“MGI”), a company committed to building core tools and technologies that drive innovation in life science, today announced a highly efficient whole workflow solution for agricultural large-scale Low-pass whole genome sequencing (Low-pass WGS) based on its proprietary DNBSEQTM platforms during this year’s International Plant and Animal Genome Conference Asia (PAG Asia 2024), taking place on June 5-7 in Shenzhen, China.

From MGI 7 Jun 2024

Genetic discovery reveals key to inflammatory diseases

Researchers discovered that a specific haplotype on chromosome 21 is linked to five inflammatory diseases, offering insights into potential new treatments.

7 Jun 2024

New molecular portrait of KRAS in pancreatic cancer may guide better treatments

Researchers at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and colleagues have established the most comprehensive molecular portrait of the workings of KRAS, a key cancer-causing gene or "oncogene," and how its activities impact pancreatic cancer outcomes.

6 Jun 2024

Precision medicine revolutionizes outcomes for high-risk pediatric cancer patients

In a world-first, Australian researchers and clinicians have shown that precision medicine – where treatment is tailored to an individual child's cancer – leads to significantly improved outcomes in children with high risk cancer.

6 Jun 2024

Study links PFAS exposure to increased cardiovascular disease risk in postmenopausal women

New research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has linked multiple types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals") with increased risk of cardiovascular diseases in postmenopausal women.

5 Jun 2024

Synergistic cytotoxicity in pancreatic cancer: HDAC, PARP inhibitors, and decitabine show promise

A new research paper was published in Oncotarget's Volume 15 on June 3, 2024, entitled, "Synergistic cytotoxicity of histone deacetylase and poly-ADP ribose polymerase inhibitors and decitabine in pancreatic cancer cells: Implications for novel therapy."

5 Jun 2024

Genomic News and Research

AI-driven alerts improve patient care escalation and survival rates in hospitals

UC San Diego's initiative for combating the opioid crisis with AI

Long-read RNA sequencing reveals novel insights into alternative splicing and disease genetics

Gut bacteria turn dietary phytate into health-boosting fatty acids, study shows

Study reveals exploitation mechanism of virus-related nanoparticles for bacterial proliferation

Innovative blood test boosts accuracy of lung cancer screening

Precision-guided treatment boosts outcomes in children with high-risk cancers

Transplanted gut microbes from aged mice trigger inflammation in young germ-free mice

Efficient whole-gene insertions can be achieved with improved gene-editing technology

Key protein orco crucial for ant olfactory neuron survival and social behavior

MGI Tech launches whole workflow solution for agricultural large-scale low-pass whole genome sequencing at PAG Asia 2024

Genetic discovery reveals key to inflammatory diseases

New molecular portrait of KRAS in pancreatic cancer may guide better treatments

Precision medicine revolutionizes outcomes for high-risk pediatric cancer patients

Study links PFAS exposure to increased cardiovascular disease risk in postmenopausal women

Synergistic cytotoxicity in pancreatic cancer: HDAC, PARP inhibitors, and decitabine show promise

Artificial intelligence accelerates natural-product antibiotic discovery

Novel technique maps enhancer-gene interactions in single cells

New computational method developed for linking DNA marks to gene activity

Research reveals new pathways for treating never-smoker lung cancer

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