Clinical Trials

$1M Award Will Help Expand COVID-19 Treatment Database

by Jessica Kent

Researchers at the Center for Cytokine Storm Treatment and Laboratory at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have received a $1 million award to enhance their COVID-19...

Real-World Data Shows Benefit of Vaccinating Healthcare Workers

by Jessica Kent

Real-world data collected at a large medical center showed that vaccinating healthcare workers reduced the number of required isolations and quarantines by more than 90 percent. Recently published in...

Artificial Intelligence Tool Seeks to Enhance Parkinson’s Diagnosis

by Jessica Kent

Researchers from the University of Florida will use a $5 million grant from NIH to test a new artificial intelligence tool aimed at improving the diagnosis of Parkinson’s and related...

Genetic Testing Could Help Clinicians Prescribe Blood Thinners

by Jessica Kent

Genetic testing can help providers identify the appropriate anti-platelet drugs for patients, leading to enhanced efficacy and fewer side effects, according to a study published in JACC: Cardiovascular...

Initiative to Boost Minority Representation in Genetics Research

by Jessica Kent

Henry Ford Cancer Institute is launching a new, community-based initiative to significantly improve minority representation in cancer genetics research and clinical trials. Supported by a $750,000...

Clinical Trial Will Evaluate Gene Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease

by Jessica Kent

A team from UC San Diego School of Medicine will conduct a clinical trial to assess the value of a gene therapy to deliver a protein into the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease. The...

Machine Learning Identifies Existing Drugs to Treat COVID-19

by Jessica Kent

Machine learning could help detect existing drugs that could help fight COVID-19, particularly in elderly populations, a study published in Nature Communications revealed. One of the many major...

Patient Data Registry Approach May Enhance Rare Disease Research

by Jessica Kent

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have designed a new kind of patient data registry to advance rare disease research. In a paper published in Cell...

Henry Ford Opens Facility to Advance Cancer Precision Medicine

by Jessica Kent

The Henry Ford Cancer Institute at Henry Ford Health System has launched the Brigitte Harris Cancer Pavilion, a facility that will include specialty clinics for 14 different types of cancer, precision...

Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Prostate Cancer Recurrence

by Jessica Kent

Artificial intelligence can analyze pre-operative MRI scans to predict patient outcomes following prostate cancer surgery, a study published in EBioMedicine. A critical factor in managing prostate...

Genomic Data Analysis May Inform Prostate Cancer Risk Scores

by Jessica Kent

Analyzing genomic data from diverse populations could improve prostate cancer risk scores and enable early detection of the disease, a study published in Nature Genetics revealed. Prostate cancer is...

Machine Learning, Real-World Data Find New Uses for Existing Drugs

by Jessica Kent

Machine learning and real-world data could help researchers identify new uses for existing drugs, leading to accelerated drug repurposing, according to a study published in Nature Machine...

$4.8M Grant Supports Study of Genetics in Asian Populations

by Jessica Kent

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have received a $4.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to study the genetics of Alzheimer’s...

Case Studies Apply Big Data Analytics to Public Health Research

by Jessica Kent

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have developed a series of case studies for public health issues that will enable healthcare leaders to use big data analytics tools in...

How Real-World Data Can Help Eliminate Cancer Care Disparities

by Jessica Kent

While the healthcare industry has made significant strides in leveraging data and technology to treat cancer, gaps in treatments and outcomes continue to persist. Cancer care disparities still pervade...

AI Shows COVID-19 Vaccines May Be Less Effective in Racial Minorities

by Jessica Kent

Artificial intelligence tools examined a kind of vaccine similar to new COVID-19 vaccines and revealed that it could be less effective in people of black or Asian ancestry, according to a study...

$1.3M Grant Will Advance Precision Medicine for Pediatric Cancer

by Jessica Kent

Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania (CHOP) and Gustave Roussy, a cancer research organization based in France, have received a $1.3 million grant from neuroblastoma clinical research charities to...

Deep Learning Tool May Accelerate COVID-19 Drug Discovery

by Jessica Kent

A deep learning tool can offer more information about SARS-CoV-2 proteins to accelerate COVID-19 drug discovery, according to a study published in Chemical Science. For more coronavirus updates, visit...

Predicting COVID-19 Outcomes with Artificial Intelligence, EHR Data

by Jessica Kent

Since the sudden onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and provider organizations have been working to develop accurate, timely artificial intelligence and data analytics tools that can help...

Machine Learning Predicts Life-Threatening Disease in Infants

by Jessica Kent

Researchers have created an early warning system that uses machine learning to predict necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a life-threatening intestinal disease that affects premature infants. NEC...