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Can ChatGPT aid in patient education for benign prostate enlargement?

The accuracy and quality of ChatGPT’s responses on male lower urinary tract symptoms indicative of benign prostate enlargement.

17 Jun 2024

At-home antibody tests could drive higher COVID-19 booster rates, new research finds

The feasibility and benefits of lateral flow assay (LFA)-based antibody tests for detecting inadequate COVID-19 immunity.

17 Jun 2024

How virtual reality transforms women’s labor experiences

A PLOS ONE study found that virtual reality (VR) effectively reduces labor pain and anxiety, providing a positive and immersive birthing experience for women.

17 Jun 2024

Tufts' new ingestible microbiome sampling pill completes preclinical trials

Significant progress has been made at Tufts University School of Engineering in the development of a small device, about the size of a vitamin pill, that can be swallowed and passed through the gastrointestinal tract to sample the full inventory of microorganisms in an individual's gastro-intestinal tract.

14 Jun 2024

Innovative 3D cell culturing method offers new insights into cancer cell mechanics

Developing chemotherapy drugs against breast cancer is costly, slow, and often inefficient, with more than 95% of screened drug candidates failing in patient trials.

14 Jun 2024

EULAR endorses self-management of inflammatory arthritis with RECLARIT

EULAR - The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology - recommends patient self-management for people with inflammatory arthritis.

14 Jun 2024

AI-based liquid biopsy technology promises early detection of cancer recurrence

An artificial intelligence-powered method for detecting tumor DNA in blood has shown unprecedented sensitivity in predicting cancer recurrence, in a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian, the New York Genome Center (NYGC) and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK).

14 Jun 2024

Google unveils PHIA: AI-powered insights from your wearable health data

Google engineers developed PHIA, an LLM-based agent system that uses information retrieval and advanced code generation to analyze behavioral health data from wearable health trackers, providing personalized health insights.

14 Jun 2024

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

MIT researchers develop revolutionary system for high-resolution brain imaging

A suite of three innovations by an MIT-based team enables high-resolution, high-throughput imaging of human brain tissue at a full range of scales and mapping connectivity of neurons at single cell resolution.

13 Jun 2024

Revolutionary platform unveils detailed human brain architecture at multiple scales

A new platform enables simultaneous capture of protein expression, cellular morphology, neural projection, and synapse distribution in large-scale human brain tissues at multiple scales, researchers report.

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

AI-driven simulations revolutionize robotic exoskeletons for enhanced mobility

A team of researchers have demonstrated a new method that leverages AI and computer simulations to train robotic exoskeletons that can help users save energy while walking, running, and climbing stairs.

13 Jun 2024

Release of Unity 2.0: Order, track, and manage your compound collection through one platform

eMolecules has launched a new updated platform that enables medicinal chemists or compound managers to order, track, and manage their compound collection and commercial sources through a more intuitive and flexible system: Unity.

From eMolecules 13 Jun 2024

Is early YouTube exposure causing emotional and behavioral issues in kids?

A study in BMC Public Health reveals that young children's YouTube usage is linked to emotional and behavioral issues, with early exposure increasing the risk of these problems.

12 Jun 2024

UC San Diego engineers develop algae-based microrobots for lung cancer treatment

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed microscopic robots, known as microrobots, capable of swimming through the lungs to deliver cancer-fighting medication directly to metastatic tumors.

12 Jun 2024

Innovative liver patch shows promise in tissue regeneration

As described in research published in the Biotechnology Journal, investigators have developed a novel patch that can help liver tissue regenerate.

12 Jun 2024

Instron® Launches Next Generation Autoinjector Testing System

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From Instron - USA 12 Jun 2024

AI revolutionizes malaria diagnosis with 97.57% accuracy using EfficientNet

AI tool that uses deep learning to examine red blood cell images in blood smears for the timely detection of malaria.

12 Jun 2024

New robot system used to improve treatment for debilitating eye disease

Researchers from King's, with doctors at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, have successfully used a new robot system to improve treatment for debilitating eye disease.

11 Jun 2024