by Stefan Milne, University of Washington Overview of BiomedParse and BiomedParseData. Credit: Nature Methods (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41592-024-02499-w Artificial intelligence is making impressive strides in its ability to read medical images. In a recent test in Britain’s National Health Service, an AI tool looked at the mammograms of over 10,000 women and correctly identified which patients were found to have cancer....
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AI tool predicts cancer gene activity from biopsy images
by Sarah C.P. Williams, Stanford University Medical Center A new AI program, SEQUOIA, can analyze a microscopy image from a tumor biopsy (left, purple) and rapidly determine what genes are likely turned on and off in the cells it contains (gene expression shown in shades of red and blue on right). Credit: Emily Moskal/Stanford Medicine To...
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New AI tool identifies additional undiagnosed cases of long COVID from patient health records
by Mass General Brigham Credit: Liza Summer from Pexels Investigators at Mass General Brigham have developed an AI-based tool to sift through electronic health records to help clinicians identify cases of long COVID, an often mysterious condition that can encompass a litany of enduring symptoms, including fatigue, chronic cough, and brain fog after infection from SARS-CoV-2. The...
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Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said
1 of 6 | Assistant professor of information science Allison Koenecke, an author of a recent study that found hallucinations in a speech-to-text transcription tool, works in her office at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. The text preceded by “#Ground truth” shows what was actually said while the sentences preceded by “”text””...
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AI-powered avatars set for mental health trials in India and Ethiopia
AI-powered digital avatars are to be trialled for people in India and Ethiopia who hear voices in their heads, as researchers try to adapt mental health treatment so they can be used effectively in low-resource settings. Mental health disorders affect almost a billion people worldwide, with the vast majority of them living in poor countries, according...
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Amazon One Medical launches new AI tools one day after Cleveland Clinic announcement
Just one day after announcing an alliance with Cleveland Clinic, One Medical is launching new AI tools within its EHR to reduce administrative tasks for doctors. By Jessica Hagen October 22, 2024 03:31 pm Share 3668 Photo: John Fedele/Getty Images Amazon’s hybrid primary care provider One Medical announced the launch of new AI tools to help ease its providers’...
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AI-based method shows promise for pathological diagnosis of hereditary kidney diseases
by University of Tsukuba Credit: The American Journal of Pathology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2024.10.004 Alport syndrome is a genetic disorder associated with kidney dysfunction, sensorineural hearing loss, and ocular abnormalities. In the kidneys, hematuria occurs in the early stages of the disease, followed gradually by proteinuria and, ultimately, end-stage renal failure, which requires renal replacement therapy such as dialysis...
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New AI tool predicts protein-protein interaction mutations in hundreds of diseases
by Cleveland Clinic Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists from Cleveland Clinic and Cornell University have designed a publicly-available software and web database to break down barriers to identifying key protein-protein interactions to treat with medication. The computational tool is called PIONEER (Protein-protein InteractiOn iNtErfacE pRediction). Researchers demonstrated PIONEER’s utility by identifying potential drug targets for dozens of cancers and other...
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AI models help redefine core microbiome for personalized therapies
Credit: Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.09.019 Researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, along with international collaborators, have introduced a novel method for identifying the crucial set of gut microbes commonly found in humans and essential for health. The researchers, whose study was published in Cell, said the discovery offers innovative opportunities for precision nutrition and personalized therapies aimed at managing chronic diseases associated...
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Older adults wary of AI health info, struggle with misinformation
Confidence levels among adults age 50 and over that they can spot health misinformation if they came across it online. Data from the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging. Credit: University of Michigan While the vast majority of people over 50 look for health information on the internet, a new poll shows 74%...