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Advances in automated insulin delivery systems reduce disease management burden for patients with diabetes

Type 1 diabetes affects 46.3 million people worldwide, and the number of people affected increases by about 3% each year.

23 May 2023

CT scans better at predicting a middle-aged person's heart disease risk than genetics

CT scans are better at predicting a middle-aged person's risk for a heart disease, such as a heart attack, than genetics, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

23 May 2023

PCCT offers better cardiovascular imaging quality in infants with suspected congenital heart defects

A new advanced form of CT imaging called photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) offers better cardiovascular imaging quality at a similar radiation dose compared to dual-source CT (DSCT) in infants with suspected cardiac heart defects, according to a study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America.

23 May 2023

ICUconnect helped doctors to reduce unmet palliative care needs of critically ill patients

In a randomized controlled trial, ICUconnect helped ICU physicians to reduce unmet palliative care needs of critically ill patients and their families better than standard care did, according to research published at the ATS 2023 International Conference.

23 May 2023

AI can help triage patients with respiratory symptoms before primary care clinic visit

Researchers from Iceland trained a machine learning model with artificial intelligence to triage patients with respiratory symptoms before the patients visit a primary care clinic.

23 May 2023

Detecting mental disorders with data from wearables

Depression and anxiety are among the most common mental health disorders in the United States, but more than half of people struggling with the conditions are not diagnosed and treated.

23 May 2023

Improved version of leadless pacemaker will soon be available for all patients

Every year more than one million people receive a pacemaker. Until now, leadless versions were only available for 20% of these patients.

22 May 2023

AI-based method predicts small molecule substrates of enzymes

Enzymes are the molecule factories in biological cells. However, which basic molecular building blocks they use to assemble target molecules is often unknown and difficult to measure.

22 May 2023

New device makes a heart procedure safer for patients with atrial fibrillation

A new device invented with the help of an electrophysiologist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center makes a heart procedure safer for patients suffering from atrial fibrillation (AFib), a common irregular heart rhythm.

22 May 2023

Opentrons Flex™ Lab Robot Launches to Accelerate Bioautomation Across Thousands of Life Science Experiments

Opentrons, a leader in lab automation, announces the launch of its Opentrons Flex robot, a new generation of affordable and easy-to-program liquid-handling lab robots designed to level the playing field for labs of all sizes and bring advanced lab automation to more researchers than ever before.

From Opentrons 22 May 2023

The State of Tech Bio: Survey finds majority of biodevelopers write code and use machine learning; protein engineering is a top priority

Cradle, the platform that helps scientists to design and program proteins, today published the findings of its first BioDeveloper survey, exploring the methods and priorities of biodevelopers to build a picture of trends within the synthetic biology sector.

From Cradle Bio B.V. 22 May 2023

New AI framework shows potential as a supplementary tool for precise stroke identification

A team of researchers from Denmark have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) framework to address the number of strokes that go unrecognised by human emergency call handlers.

22 May 2023

Synthetic delivery vector STxB induces mucosal immunity against viral antigens

Research describes the development of a synthetic delivery vector called STxB for mucosal vaccination. It induces mucosal immunity, including resident memory CD8+ T cells and IgA antibodies, against antigens derived from mucosal viruses when administered intranasally in mice.

21 May 2023

Hand-gesture decoding using data from noninvasive brain imaging

Researchers from University of California San Diego have found a way to distinguish among hand gestures that people are making by examining only data from noninvasive brain imaging, without information from the hands themselves.

19 May 2023

Combining generative AI and quantum computing to accelerate drug discovery

Insilico Medicine, a clinical stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, today announced that it combined two rapidly developing technologies, quantum computing and generative AI, to explore lead candidate discovery in drug development and successfully demonstrated the potential advantages of quantum generative adversarial networks in generative chemistry.

19 May 2023

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Advances in automated insulin delivery systems reduce disease management burden for patients with diabetes

CT scans better at predicting a middle-aged person's heart disease risk than genetics

PCCT offers better cardiovascular imaging quality in infants with suspected congenital heart defects

ICUconnect helped doctors to reduce unmet palliative care needs of critically ill patients

AI can help triage patients with respiratory symptoms before primary care clinic visit

Detecting mental disorders with data from wearables

Improved version of leadless pacemaker will soon be available for all patients

AI-based method predicts small molecule substrates of enzymes

New device makes a heart procedure safer for patients with atrial fibrillation

Opentrons Flex™ Lab Robot Launches to Accelerate Bioautomation Across Thousands of Life Science Experiments

The State of Tech Bio: Survey finds majority of biodevelopers write code and use machine learning; protein engineering is a top priority

New AI framework shows potential as a supplementary tool for precise stroke identification

Synthetic delivery vector STxB induces mucosal immunity against viral antigens

Hand-gesture decoding using data from noninvasive brain imaging

Combining generative AI and quantum computing to accelerate drug discovery

Study reports improved deliverability, tracking, and deployment of next-generation Evolut FX TAVR system

Researchers use machine learning to identify "synthetic extreme" DNA sequences

Transforming antibiotic resistance testing: a novel, rapid and affordable technique

New technique for early detection of foodborne bacteria

Temperature sensation in the phantom hand provides a more realistic touch to amputees

Redefining control and consistency in anaerobic microbiome workflows

AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

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