AI
A team of US researchers has turned to generative AI to tackle problems plaguing child medical care delivery in resource-poor countries that increase risk for poor outcomes and mortality. The clinicians developed a series of 45 multilingual videos, each ranging from three to eight minutes long, designed to educate providers around the world on paediatric [...]
A global registry tracking the flow of chips destined for AI supercomputers is one of the policy options highlighted by a major new report calling for regulation of 'compute' – the hardware that underpins all AI – to help prevent AI misuse and disasters. Other technical proposals presented by the report include 'compute caps' – [...]
Decorte Future Industries uses AI to extract health data from sound. In the new episode of the Health Tech World Podcast, we speak to founder Dr Roeland Decorte about his vision to provide an ongoing, holistic view of a user’s physical and mental condition, including the tracking of potential cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological and mental wellbeing issues. Listen now on Spotify or [...]
An innovative project using AI to personalise therapies for patients with cardiovascular disease has been launched in the UK and EU. The NextGen project has received €7.6 million (£6.4 million) from the EU’s Horizon Europe programme and will be delivered by a 21-member consortium, including the European Society of Cardiology. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the [...]
Researchers in the Netherlands have harnessed AI to successfully predict within a week whether an antidepressant would work in patients with major depresssive disorder (MDD). Using an AI algorithm, a brain scan and an individual's clinical information, the team from Amsterdam UMC and Radboudumc could see up to eight weeks faster whether or not the [...]
A £12 million UK research hub will develop state-of-the-art AI for chemistry and accelerate its adoption, following a combined investment from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and consortium partners. The AI for Chemistry Hub or AlChemy will bring together leading academic researchers, industry and other stakeholders to promote a collaborative community, offer [...]
By Pilar Arzuaga, Senior Associate, Jonathan Robb, Senior Associate and Jack Thorne, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine leveraged a machine learning (ML) algorithm to tackle one of the biggest challenges facing cancer researchers: predicting when cancer will resist chemotherapy. All cells, including cancer cells, rely on complex molecular machinery to replicate DNA as part of the normal cell division process. Most chemotherapies [...]
A British University is to explore the use of AI to improve sharing health data internationally as part of a European-wide project. Called BETTER (Better real-world health data distributed analytics research platform) project the spans 16 academic, medical and industrial partners, with Aston University awarded €317,500 (£272,600) for its contribution. While data-driven medicine is currently [...]
Doctors may one day be able to target children and young people with arthritis most likely to be helped by its first-line treatment, thanks to the application of machine learning by University of Manchester scientists. Methotrexate is the first-line drug to be given for Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) but it is only effective or tolerated [...]
