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Gene Linked to Cholesterol Regulation Could Boost Precision Medicine

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A team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has uncovered a gene involved in regulating the body’s cholesterol, which could help advance precision medicine treatments for heart disease and...

Nevada Researchers Conduct Genomic Sequencing on COVID-19 Samples

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The Nevada Genomics Center at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) is conducting genomic sequencing on samples from northern and southern Nevada that initially tested positive for COVID-19. For more...

Data-Driven Model Predicts Number of COVID-19 Deaths in US

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A Rutgers engineer has developed a data-driven model that accurately estimates the death toll related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the US and could be used around the world. For more coronavirus...

RSNA Creates Medical Imaging Dataset for Machine Learning Research

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The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has created a public medical imaging dataset of expert-annotated brain hemorrhage CT scans, leading to the development of machine learning algorithms...

Enhancing Clinical Decision Support Tools with AI, Machine Learning

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Clinical decision support systems are essential for organizations aiming to advance healthcare delivery, helping physicians flag potential problems and make more informed choices. Although these tools...

Researchers Identify New Risk Factor for Alzheimer’s Disease, ALS

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Researchers at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have uncovered a new genetic risk...

EHR Data Reveals Common Chronic Diseases in COVID-19 Patients

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In the largest study of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the US, researchers leveraged EHR data to find that hypertension, diabetes, and obesity are key chronic diseases in the acuity of the...

Big Data Dashboard Tracks COVID-19 Cases and Response in Indiana

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Regenstrief Institute has developed a big data dashboard to help the state of Indiana track and respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. For more coronavirus updates, visit our resource page, updated...

Federal Effort Aims to Optimize Search Engines for COVID-19 Research

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The US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) have partnered to support the development...

ONC Projects Aim to Standardize SDOH Data for Precision Medicine

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The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) is working to standardize the collection of social determinants of health data to help advance precision medicine and inform new treatments. Information...

DoD Using Artificial Intelligence to Detect Coronavirus Hotspots

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The Department of Defense is utilizing artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data visualization tools to look for patterns or identify potential hotspots during the coronavirus pandemic. For...

UCSF Creates Interactive Website for Population Health, COVID-19

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The UC San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine Dean’s Office of Population Health and Health Equity has launched a new interactive mapping website that curates publicly available community data,...

HCA, Google Cloud Launch COVID-19 Data Sharing Platform

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HCA Healthcare and Google Cloud have established a new open data platform designed to promote data sharing during the COVID-19 pandemic. For more coronavirus updates, visit our resource page,...

HHS Provides $186M for COVID-19 Data Surveillance, Tracking

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is providing $186,000,000 in funding to state and local jurisdictions to support expanded COVID-19 data surveillance and tracking. For more...

New Data Repository Could Speed Precision Medicine for Cancer

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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

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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

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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,...

RPI Offers Artificial Intelligence Resource to Aid COVID-19 Research

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

Data Platform Tracks Hospital Bed Capacity During COVID-19 Outbreak

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Definitive Healthcare has partnered with Esri to launch an interactive data platform that allows people to analyze and monitor US hospital bed capacity, as well as potential geographic areas of risk,...

Artificial Intelligence Identifies High-Risk COVID-19 Patients

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Medical Home Network, an organization serving patients in the Chicago area, is using artificial intelligence to identify individuals who have a heightened vulnerability to severe complications from...