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Deep learning helps determine a woman’s risk of breast cancer

A new deep learning model could more accurately predict a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer than current risk assessment tools.

27 Nov 2020

Combining cell engineering with machine learning to design living medicines for cancer

Finding medicines that can kill cancer cells while leaving normal tissue unscathed is a Holy Grail of oncology research.

26 Nov 2020

SARS-CoV-2 versus Zika: Comparing and contrasting the flow of research

An interesting study published on the preprint server medRxiv in November 2020, dealing not with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that is the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic, but with the publications that have appeared as a consequence of the outbreak, comparing them with the similar trove of publications that followed the Zika virus outbreak in 2016.

25 Nov 2020

Study suggests a paradigm shift for vision science and artificial intelligence

The receptive field (RF) of a neuron is the term applied to the space in which the presence of a stimulus alters the response of the same neuron.

24 Nov 2020

Researchers receive $1.1 million NSF grant to improve in-home physical therapy

Scientists at the VTC Smart Rehab Lab are developing breakthrough, affordable technology and methods to connect stroke survivors to physical therapy at home through tele-rehabilitation.

24 Nov 2020

COVID-19 study underscores the importance of protection guidelines based on fluid dynamics research

Researchers who study the physics of fluids are learning why certain situations increase the risk that droplets will transmit diseases like COVID-19.

24 Nov 2020

Report highlights how tracking technologies will become part of everyday medicine by 2025

Vicon, a world leader in motion capture for the life sciences industry, today announces the launch of its latest vision paper highlighting some of the key trends and developments that will determine the future of motion capture technology in clinical settings within the next five years.

20 Nov 2020

Multi-institution team receives prestigious award for breakthrough research on SARS-CoV-2

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) awarded its first ACM Gordon Bell Special Prize for High Performance Computing-Based COVID-19 Research to a multi-institution research team that included the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory.

20 Nov 2020

Expert provides new perspective on safe, effective use of cardiac imaging in COVID-19 patients

The cutting edge of cardiovascular imaging: that's the focus of EACVI - Best of Imaging 2020, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). A pioneering event covering the full spectrum of cardiac imaging. Explore the scientific program.

19 Nov 2020

Machine learning can fill significant gap in Canadian public health data

Machine learning can be used to fill a significant gap in Canadian public health data related to ethnicity and Aboriginal status, according to research published today in PLOS ONE by a University of Alberta research epidemiologist.

19 Nov 2020

Computers could use subtle facial features to recognize congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a disorder that affects the adrenal gland's ability to release hormones that regulate the body's response to stress and illness.

18 Nov 2020

AI can help recognize individuals with congenital adrenal hyperplasia based on facial images

Researchers at the VISTA Center (Vision, Image, Speech and Text Analytics) at the USC Viterbi Information Sciences Institutealong with scholars at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Children's Hospital Los Angeles have discovered strong correlations between facial morphology and congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), a life-threatening genetic condition of the adrenal glands and one of the most common forms of adrenal insufficiency in children.

18 Nov 2020

Severe COVID-19 complications linked to gut barrier breakdown

A new study claims that severe COVID-19 is caused by a positive feedback loop triggered by systemic inflammation and mediated by abnormal gut permeability. This finding could potentially help open up new avenues of treatment.

18 Nov 2020

Machine learning-based prediction model may enable early diagnosis of opioid use disorder

Researchers have used machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence, to develop a prediction model for the early diagnosis of opioid use disorder.

18 Nov 2020

Air pollution associated with increased brain shrinkage

A new study has revealed a link between high levels of air pollution and brain shrinkage, a characteristic of Alzheimer's disease.

18 Nov 2020

Pandemic restrictions reduced global NO2 concentrations by nearly 20%, shows study

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, space- and ground-based observations have shown that Earth's atmosphere has seen significant reductions in some air pollutants.

18 Nov 2020

CMU researchers develop new technique for isolating brain cells associated with Parkinson's disease

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a new technique for isolating a type of brain cell associated with Parkinson's disease symptoms, enabling them to study that cell type in detail.

16 Nov 2020

Machine-learning based analysis of mitochondria interaction networks to advance PD diagnosis

In a new study led by the Immune Systems Biology research group of the LIH Department of Infection and Immunity, researchers adopted a holistic machine-learning approach to elucidate how the interactions between neuronal mitochondria can serve as a powerful tool to distinguish nerve cells from Parkinson’s patients from those belonging to healthy subjects, thereby providing new insights in the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of this neurodegenerative disorder.

12 Nov 2020

New Cambridge Centre aims to transform precision medicine and biomedical discoveries

A new center at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with AstraZeneca and GSK, aims to use AI to make medical discoveries, accelerate the development of precision medicine and develop new treatments

12 Nov 2020

New Cambridge center aims to use AI to make medical discoveries, develop new treatments

A new centre at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with AstraZeneca and GSK, aims to use AI to make medical discoveries, accelerate the development of precision medicine and develop new treatments.

11 Nov 2020

Machine Learning News and Research

Deep learning helps determine a woman’s risk of breast cancer

Combining cell engineering with machine learning to design living medicines for cancer

SARS-CoV-2 versus Zika: Comparing and contrasting the flow of research

Study suggests a paradigm shift for vision science and artificial intelligence

Researchers receive $1.1 million NSF grant to improve in-home physical therapy

COVID-19 study underscores the importance of protection guidelines based on fluid dynamics research

Report highlights how tracking technologies will become part of everyday medicine by 2025

Multi-institution team receives prestigious award for breakthrough research on SARS-CoV-2

Expert provides new perspective on safe, effective use of cardiac imaging in COVID-19 patients

Machine learning can fill significant gap in Canadian public health data

Computers could use subtle facial features to recognize congenital adrenal hyperplasia

AI can help recognize individuals with congenital adrenal hyperplasia based on facial images

Severe COVID-19 complications linked to gut barrier breakdown

Machine learning-based prediction model may enable early diagnosis of opioid use disorder

Air pollution associated with increased brain shrinkage

Pandemic restrictions reduced global NO2 concentrations by nearly 20%, shows study

CMU researchers develop new technique for isolating brain cells associated with Parkinson's disease

Machine-learning based analysis of mitochondria interaction networks to advance PD diagnosis

New Cambridge Centre aims to transform precision medicine and biomedical discoveries

New Cambridge center aims to use AI to make medical discoveries, develop new treatments

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Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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