Medical Research

New Data Repository Could Speed Precision Medicine for Cancer

by Jessica Kent

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has launched the Proteomic Data Commons (PDC), a next-generation proteomic data repository that will facilitate data access, sharing, and analysis, and speed the...

ONC Aims to Advance Machine Learning in Kidney Disease Research

by Jessica Kent

ONC is collaborating with NIH’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to apply machine learning and artificial intelligence to patient-centered outcomes...

Penn Medicine Launches Center to Accelerate Coronavirus Research

by Jessica Kent

The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has launched a new center to better understand the pathology of coronavirus and support the development of potential vaccines,...

New Biomarker Could Help Detect Alzheimer’s Disease Earlier

by Jessica Kent

High blood levels of RNA produced by the PHGDH gene, which is critical for brain development and function, could serve as a biomarker for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, a study published...

Google Makes COVID-19 Datasets Freely Available to Researchers

by Jessica Kent

Google Cloud is offering researchers free access to critical coronavirus information through its COVID-19 Public Dataset Program, which will help accelerate analytics solutions during the global...

Artificial Intelligence Research Collaborative Targets COVID-19

by Jessica Kent

A new research consortium jointly managed by UC Berkeley and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is aiming to build artificial intelligence techniques that will help combat...

Data Scientists Use Machine Learning to Discover COVID-19 Treatments

by Jessica Kent

Using machine learning algorithms, two data scientists are working to quickly discover effective treatments for COVID-19. For more coronavirus updates, visit our resource page, updated twice...

RPI Offers Artificial Intelligence Resource to Aid COVID-19 Research

by Jessica Kent

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is offering government entities, research institutions, and industry access to an artificial intelligence-powered supercomputer in support of COVID-19...

Artificial Intelligence Can Help Predict Cancer Therapy Response

by Jessica Kent

Applying artificial intelligence tools to standard CT scans could help predict tumor response in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to research published in Clinical...

Amazon Pledges $20M to Support COVID-19 Diagnostics, Research

by Jessica Kent

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched the AWS Diagnostic Development Initiative, a program with an initial investment of $20 million that will accelerate COVID-19 research and testing. For more...

White House Urges AI Experts to Develop Tools for COVID-19 Dataset

by Jessica Kent

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has issued a call to action for experts to build artificial intelligence tools that can be applied to a new COVID-19 dataset. For more...

Genome Sequencing Method Identifies Genes Resistant to Chemotherapy

by Jessica Kent

Scientists at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital used a novel whole genome sequencing method to identify a gene associated with chemotherapy resistance in children with leukemia. The...

Radiologist, Machine Learning Combo Enhances Breast Cancer Screening

by Jessica Kent

Machine learning tools could help enhance the accuracy of breast cancer screenings when combined with assessments from human radiologists, a study published in JAMA Network Open revealed. Mammography...

Machine Learning, EHR Data Reveal Chronic Disease Associations

by Jessica Kent

A machine learning algorithm can mine EHR data and discover novel associations between common chronic diseases and lesser-known conditions, which could support earlier monitoring or medical...

ONC: Data Standards, Security Key to Precision Medicine Success

by Jessica Kent

ONC is working to advance precision medicine research by supporting projects that improve health data standards, adopting policies that support data security and privacy, and promoting data sharing...

Targeted Gene Cuts Could Accelerate Cancer Tumor Sequencing

by Jessica Kent

Combining the gene cutting tool CRISPR with tools that sequence the DNA components of human cancer tissue could lead to fast, relatively cheap tumor sequencing for cancer patients, according to a study...

Deep Learning Model Identifies Drug to Combat Antibiotic Resistance

by Jessica Kent

A deep learning algorithm has identified a new drug that kills many of the world’s most challenging disease-causing bacteria, including some strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Researchers...

AHA Awards $2M to Artificial Intelligence, Precision Medicine Studies

by Jessica Kent

The American Heart Association (AHA) Institute for Precision Cardiovascular Medicine has awarded seven researchers a total of $2 million for three grants focused on advancing artificial intelligence,...

Top 3 Data Challenges to Addressing the Social Determinants of Health

by Jessica Kent

Across the healthcare landscape, it is now widely understood that the social determinants of health (SDOH) have a major impact on health outcomes, care quality, and medical costs. An...

New Precision Medicine Program to Study Role of Genomics in Disease

by Jessica Kent

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has announced that it will establish a new precision medicine and genomics program within its Division of Intramural Research. The new program will...