AI predicts throat and stomach cancers from health records
From University of Michigan 23/08/23 In the United States and other western countries, a form of esophageal and stomach cancer has risen dramatically over the last five decades. Rates of esophageal adenocarcinoma, or EAC, and gastric cardia adenocarcinoma, or GCA, are both highly fatal. However, Joel Rubenstein, M.D., M.S., a research scientist at the Lieutenant […]
How old are you, really? AI can tell your true age by looking at your chest
From Osaka Metropolitan University 21/08/23 Could your chest reveal your age more accurately than your face? Scientists at Osaka Metropolitan University have created an advanced AI model that uses chest X-rays to estimate a person’s age and even detect potential chronic diseases. This breakthrough in medical imaging has the potential to revolutionize early disease detection […]
Brain implant and AI restores movement in paralysed patient
From The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research 21/08/23 In an unprecedented clinical trial, researchers from Northwell Health’s The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have implanted microchips into the brain of a man with paralysis. They’ve also developed artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to reconnect his brain to his body and spinal cord. This innovative double neural […]
Building muscle in the lab
From ETH Zurich 21/08/23 ETH Zurich Professor Ori Bar-Nur and his team grow muscle cells in the laboratory. In this case, they are mouse cells, but the researchers are also interested in human and cow cells. Promising applications resonate with both: human muscle tissue cultured in the lab could be used in surgery, while human […]
Diagnosis of Parkinson’s voice condition from call audio
From Toyohashi University of Technology 20/08/23 Overview Assistant Professor Yuya Hosoda of the Center for IT-Based Education (CITE), Toyohashi University of Technology developed a method for estimating the pitch of vocal cord vibrations of humans from call audio. In this method, the pitch is estimated by integrating the feature quantities extracted from the amplitude and […]
Regenerating tooth enamel moves closer with stem-cell advance
From University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine 17/08/23 Organoids have now been created from stem cells to secrete the proteins that form dental enamel, the substance that protects teeth from damage and decay. A multi-disciplinary team of scientists from the University of Washington in Seattle led this effort. “This is a critical first step […]
New technique for making plant-based meat more palatable without adding fat
From University of Leeds 16/08/23 One of the biggest obstacles to the uptake of plant-based alternatives to meat is their very dry and astringent feel when they are eaten. Scientists, led by Professor Anwesha Sarkar at the University of Leeds, are revolutionising the sensation of plant proteins, transforming them from a substance that can be […]
AI transformation of medicine: Why doctors are not prepared
From University of Maryland School of Medicine 08/08/23 As artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT find their way into everyday use, physicians will start to see these tools incorporated into their clinical practice to help them make important decisions on diagnosis and treatment of common medical conditions. These tools, called clinical decision support (CDS) algorithms, can […]
We’re closer to engineering blood vessels
From University of Melbourne 08/08/23 University of Melbourne researchers have developed a fast, inexpensive and scalable method for engineering blood vessels from natural tissue. Co-led by ARC Future Fellow Associate Professor Daniel Heath and Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor and Shanahan Chair in Frontier Medical Solutions Andrea O’Connor, both from the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the […]
New sensor mimics cell membrane functions to detect hard-to-diagnose cancers
By MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 04/08/23 Drawing inspiration from natural sensory systems, an MIT-led team has designed a novel sensor that could detect the same molecules that naturally occurring cell receptors can identify. In work that combines several new technologies, the researchers created a prototype sensor that can detect an immune molecule called CXCL12, down […]