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Published on March 26, 2024
William A. Haseltine, PhD Artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly become one of the most promising new tools in healthcare. Not only has it been used to improve individual health outcomes by streamlining diagnosis and treatment, but recent studies have begun to explore its ability to improve…
Published on March 6, 2024
A U.K. study has shown that prostate cancer can be classified into two distinct prostate cancer subtypes according to how gene mutations evolve within the tumors, with one type linked to more aggressive disease than the other. The discovery was made by an international team, led by the University of…
Published on March 6, 2024
Research led by The University of British Columbia shows that it is possible to diagnose long QT syndrome, an inherited heart disorder, using a combination of electrocardiography (ECG) data and artificial intelligence (AI). As reported in JAMA Cardiology, the researchers used a deep-learning based neural network to accurately diagnose long…
Published on February 6, 2024
In December 2023, the European Commission came to a historic agreement to create an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act to regulate the technology and to protect users’ health, safety, and rights across its 27 member countries. The act is currently in the provisional phase and is expected to become law in…
Published on February 6, 2024
William Haseltine In today’s world, artificial intelligence (AI) is playing a crucial role in revolutionizing various industries, including healthcare. A recent study revealed that AI can perform medical interviews and provide diagnoses based on a patient’s medical history, potentially transforming the healthcare industry. This development can…
Published on February 10, 2023
Described simply, artificial intelligence (AI) is a field that combines computer science and robust data sets, to enable problem-solving. The umbrella term encompasses the subfields of machine learning and the more recently developed deep learning, which itself is a subfield of machine learning. Both use AI algorithms to create expert…
Published on May 25, 2022
An artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed at the University of Pennsylvania can help doctors predict the cancer risk in lung nodules seen on CT, according to a new study published in the journal Radiology. Pulmonary nodules appear as small spots on the lungs on chest imaging. They have become a much…
Published on April 8, 2022
By Kevin Thomas Kevin Thomas, PhDDirector of Artificial IntelligenceClario. Inside Precision Medicine’s inaugural issue focused on artificial intelligence (AI)—namely, how it can help solve the population health crisis and predict early warning signs of chronic disease. The healthcare industry is booming with AI-enabled solutions, from faster,…
Published on April 8, 2022
Harry Glorikian Author of the 2017 book MoneyBall Medicine and host of his successful eponymous podcast series, (which is globally ranked in the top 3% according to Listen Notes), Harry Glorikian, a seasoned life science executive and investor took some time out to talk to Damian…
Published on February 16, 2022
Between 1980 and 2014, the number of people living with diabetes1 quadrupled. In 2020, 10.5% of all Americans had diabetes2, of which 95% was Type 2, although disease incidence is increasing more in low- and middle-income countries. Diabetes is now an epidemic. While early detection and newer treatments significantly improve…
Published on May 19, 2021
Last year, there were 1.8 million deaths from lung cancer worldwide according to estimates from the World Health Organization. Despite a decrease in the number of people smoking and advances in early detection and treatment new cases of lung cancer continue to rise and is the leading cause of cancer…
Published on April 22, 2021
Research using artificial intelligence shows that some bowel cancer patients benefit more from treatment with the monoclonal antibody panitumumab than others based on the levels of certain proteins in their systems. The research project, which was a collaboration between the University of Leeds in the UK and the international big…
Published on April 10, 2021
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Published on August 3, 2020
Biomarkers hold out the promise of significant time and money savings for drug discovery and development, but finding the right ones is notoriously tough. Many putative biomarkers fail validation after years of study, leaving developers poorer but not much wiser—a fact that highlights the complexity of biomarker development. But a…
Published on October 8, 2019
Many complicated diseases make up cancer. The American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Cancer.Net provides “individualized guides for more than 120 types of cancer and related hereditary syndromes.” Selecting the right cancer treatment for an individual patient gets even more complex when considering the various diagnostic tests, the wide range of…