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Weill Cornell Medicine Launches $1.5B Precision Medicine Campaign

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Weill Cornell Medicine announced its $1.5 billion “We’re Changing Medicine” campaign, which intends to advance biomedical innovations in areas such as precision medicine, artificial...

Deep Learning Aids Prediction of Lung Cancer Immunotherapy Response

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H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute researchers developed a deep learning model that uses PET/CT images to measure levels of the Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) biomarker and...

UCLA Receives $4.8M NIH Grant to Improve Genetic Risk Estimates

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UCLA Health will receive a $4.8M National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to improve upon genetic disease risk estimates for diverse populations. The grant will enable researchers to establish...

AI Chatbots for Dementia Patients Show Promise, But Need Work

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AI chatbots have the potential to help dementia patients and assist caregivers, but the technology is still far from being truly useful and reliable, according to a recent study published in the...

Gateway Health Taps Population Health for Maternal Health Outcomes

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Gateway Health Plan has partnered with the 1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health to improve the outcomes of expecting mothers and babies. The managed care organization will work with 1889...

NIH Antibody Study Examines Early COVID-19 Biospecimens

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A recent antibody study analyzed preserved biospecimens from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) All of Us Research Program and discovered that COVID-19 infections appeared as early as...

AHA Study Shows US Lagging in Controlling High Blood Pressure

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In an analysis of hypertension control in the US from 2009 to 2018, researchers found that rates of blood pressure control in the US are falling rapidly, pointing to a larger population health issue,...

Deep Learning Network Predicts Adverse Cardiac Events

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A deep learning network can predict adverse cardiac events including heart attacks and death, according to recent research presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2021 Annual...

From Astronomy to Pathology: Platform Enables Tumor Imaging

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Combining astronomic image analysis and sky-mapping with tumor imaging enables researchers to guide targeted cancer immunotherapy, according to a new study published in Science. Researchers from the...

AI Finds Gene Expression Data to Predict COVID-19 Patient Outcomes

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An artificial intelligence algorithm can parse gene expression data to predict patient outcomes by identifying signature genes that reveal the severity of viral infection immune response including...

Predictive Analytics Model Forecasts Drug Overdose Deaths

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Researchers developed a statistical predictive analytics model that studies patterns in drug-related fatality data and can identify which counties are at high risk for future fatal overdoses, according...

Eye Protein Biomarkers Show Potential for Precision Medicine

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Minimally invasive liquid biopsies can reveal proteomic cancer biomarkers associated with metastatic disease earlier and safer than direct tumor biopsies, showing potential for precision medicine...

Health Disparities Tied to Gap in Rural, Urban Death Rates

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The gap between rural and urban death rates has tripled over the past 20 years, in part due to socioeconomic factors and rural health disparities, according to a recent study from Brigham and...

Bausch + Lomb, Lochan Develop Clinical Decision Support Software

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Eye health company Bausch + Lomb announced an agreement with software development company Lochan to develop the next generation of eyeTELLIGENCE, Bausch + Lomb’s clinical decision support...

Michigan State Cyclotrons to be Used for Precision Medicine

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Michigan State University, in partnership with Bold Advanced Medical Future (BAMF Health), announced the arrival of two cyclotrons to be used in the advancement of precision medicine treatments for...

Mayo Clinic Partnership Will Accelerate Artificial Intelligence

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Mayo Clinic signed a multi-year collaboration agreement with Visage Imaging, the US subsidiary of Australian company Pro Medicus Limited, to research and develop artificial intelligence in healthcare,...

Artificial Intelligence Enables New Colonoscopy Screening Method

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A new computer-aided polyp detection (CADe) tool powered by artificial intelligence will be used for colonoscopy procedures at Ohio State University, enabling early detection of colorectal cancer,...

COVID-19 Contact Tracing Had Little Impact on Population Health

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Contact tracing was largely ineffective in slowing COVID-19 virus transmission and improving population health, mostly due to insufficient interview responses, according to a recent study published in...

Children’s Hospital LA Awarded $2M for Precision Medicine Study

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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles received a three-year, $2 million grant from the state of California to conduct a precision medicine study screening children for adverse childhood experiences...

UPMC Starts Artificial Intelligence Company to Combat Chronic Disease

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Realyze Intelligence, a company launched recently by The University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences (UPMC), will use natural language processing and artificial intelligence to pinpoint...