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AI predicts pediatric glioma recurrence using multiple brain scans

Artificial intelligence (AI) shows tremendous promise for analyzing vast medical imaging datasets and identifying patterns that may be missed by human observers.

24 Apr 2025

Novel technology for in situ irradiation of tumors

Radiation therapy is an established method of cancer treatment. It works by subjecting tumor cells to ionizing radiation, damaging their genetic material and, ideally, eliminating the tumor.

24 Apr 2025

AI-powered BEACON platform enhances global disease surveillance

The Biothreats Emergence, Analysis and Communications Network (BEACON) leverages advanced artificial intelligence (AI), large language models (LLMs) and a network of globally based experts to rapidly collect, analyze, and disseminate information on emerging infectious diseases affecting humans, animals, and the environment.

24 Apr 2025

iCares bandage offers real time insights into chronic wounds

Caltech professor of medical engineering Wei Gao and his colleagues are envisioning a smart bandage of the future-a "lab on skin" that could not only help patients and caregivers monitor the status of chronic wounds but also deliver treatment and speed up the healing process for those cuts, incisions, scrapes, and burns that are slow to heal on their own.

23 Apr 2025

San Antonio scientists use machine learning to identify potential treatments for deadly viruses

A team of San Antonio-based biomedical researchers trained a machine learning algorithm to identify more than two dozen viable treatments for diseases caused by zoonotic pathogens that can jump from animal hosts to infect humans.

23 Apr 2025

Electronic alerts could improve survival for patients with severe aortic stenosis

A new method of alerting clinical care providers holds promise for increasing treatment and improving survival for patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS), a valvular heart condition that can be deadly when left untreated.

23 Apr 2025

NIH scientists use AI to sharpen standard eye imaging

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have leveraged artificial intelligence to transform a device designed to see tissues in the back of the eye into one sharp enough to make out individual cells.

23 Apr 2025

AI and physicians offer distinct strengths in virtual urgent care treatment

Do physicians or artificial intelligence (AI) offer better treatment recommendations for patients examined through a virtual urgent care setting? A new Cedars-Sinai study shows physicians and AI models have distinct strengths.

23 Apr 2025

Biodesix partner, Friends of Cancer Research, publishes data in Clinical Cancer Research, demonstrating strong association between ctDNA changes and treatment outcomes for patients with solid tumor types

Biodesix, Inc, a leading diagnostics solutions company, and Bio-Rad Laboratories, a global leader in life science research and diagnostics products, contributed to new research findings from Friends of Cancer Research's (Friends') ctMoniTR Project, recently published in Clinical Cancer Research (CCR). The findings demonstrate a strong association between changes in levels of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and treatment outcomes, offering the potential for integration of ctDNA analysis in therapeutic development programs, and clinical cancer care.

23 Apr 2025

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences transforms purification with the launch of the OptiMATE Gradient Maker

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a Danaher company and a global leader in laboratory automation and innovation, announces the launch of the OptiMATE Gradient Maker, a groundbreaking instrument designed to automate the process of density gradient ultracentrifugation (DGUC).

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Clinical AI tool scores highest yet on the United States Medical Licensing Exam

A powerful clinical artificial intelligence tool developed by University at Buffalo biomedical informatics researchers has demonstrated remarkable accuracy on all three parts of the United States Medical Licensing Exam (Step exams), according to a paper published today (April 22) in JAMA Network Open.

22 Apr 2025

Light-induced DNA detection technique enables rapid, ultra-sensitive genetic analysis

PCR genetic analysis has been in the spotlight since COVID-19, but light is now further facilitating PCR-free methods.

22 Apr 2025

AI tool helps GPs spot lung cancer risk months earlier

GPs may soon be able to identify patients with an increased risk of lung cancer up to 4 months earlier than is currently the case.

22 Apr 2025

DNA origami structures enable targeted imaging of pancreatic cancer

One of the challenges of fighting pancreatic cancer is finding ways to penetrate the organ's dense tissue to define the margins between malignant and normal tissue.

22 Apr 2025

Machine learning unlocks millions of safer CRISPR enzymes for gene editing

Genome editing has advanced at a rapid pace with promising results for treating genetic conditions-but there is always room for improvement.

22 Apr 2025

New expansion technique brings mass spectrometry imaging to single cell level

For biologists, seeing is believing. But sometimes biologists have a hard time seeing.

22 Apr 2025

Liquid biopsy offers new hope for early cancer detection

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death globally, with nearly 20 million new cases and 9.7 million deaths in 2022.

22 Apr 2025

Mount Sinai researchers enhance AI tool to better detect heart disease risk

Mount Sinai researchers studying a type of heart disease known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) have calibrated an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to quickly and more specifically identify patients with the condition and flag them as high risk for greater attention during doctor's appointments.

22 Apr 2025

Grayscale eye images help identify anemia without blood tests

Anemia, a condition marked by low levels of hemoglobin in the blood, affects nearly 2 billion people worldwide.

21 Apr 2025

MSU's MOSIAC project may transform how forensic anthropologists analyze skeletal remains

When a medical examiner needs help identifying a deceased person and determining how that person died, they turn to forensic anthropologists.

21 Apr 2025

Device / Technology News

AI predicts pediatric glioma recurrence using multiple brain scans

Novel technology for in situ irradiation of tumors

AI-powered BEACON platform enhances global disease surveillance

iCares bandage offers real time insights into chronic wounds

San Antonio scientists use machine learning to identify potential treatments for deadly viruses

Electronic alerts could improve survival for patients with severe aortic stenosis

NIH scientists use AI to sharpen standard eye imaging

AI and physicians offer distinct strengths in virtual urgent care treatment

Biodesix partner, Friends of Cancer Research, publishes data in Clinical Cancer Research, demonstrating strong association between ctDNA changes and treatment outcomes for patients with solid tumor types

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences transforms purification with the launch of the OptiMATE Gradient Maker

Clinical AI tool scores highest yet on the United States Medical Licensing Exam

Light-induced DNA detection technique enables rapid, ultra-sensitive genetic analysis

AI tool helps GPs spot lung cancer risk months earlier

DNA origami structures enable targeted imaging of pancreatic cancer

Machine learning unlocks millions of safer CRISPR enzymes for gene editing

New expansion technique brings mass spectrometry imaging to single cell level

Liquid biopsy offers new hope for early cancer detection

Mount Sinai researchers enhance AI tool to better detect heart disease risk

Grayscale eye images help identify anemia without blood tests

MSU's MOSIAC project may transform how forensic anthropologists analyze skeletal remains

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