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Health tech firm Lunit has seen its tissue analysis AI applied in a clinical trial for drug development, accurately predicting patient responses to immunotherapy. Lunit is developing novel AI biomarkers that can be applied in cancer treatment. Since 2019, it has been validating the effectiveness of its AI-based tissue analysis platform 'Lunit SCOPE' that accurately [...]
A breakthrough in lymphoma and leukaemia research could help smaller labs to access game-changing AI technology that enables earlier diagnosis. The presence of cancer of the lymphatic system is often determined by analysing samples from the blood or bone marrow. Last year, scientists at the University of Bonn, Germany, showed that AI could be instrumental [...]
Nanoparticle innovation is helping to uncover avenues beyond cancer treatment resistance. Scientists in Japan have designed a lipid nanoparticle that could deliver immune-signalling molecules into liver cells to overcome resistance to anti-tumour immunotherapy. The approach, led by Hokkaido University and proven in mice experiments, was reported in the Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. ‘Checkpoint’ proteins on [...]
A new UK centre to support the development of health technology has been launched by the University 0f Leeds in partnership with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. It forms one of three new initiatives in the northern English city aimed at to support novel ideas from the point of discovery to where they are transformed [...]
Miina Pulkkinen and Lasse Rousi on how tech is freeing addicts from the debilitating risk of stigma.
Firm seeks to expand precision medicine capabilities across the African continent
An app is being launched to help patients with long term conditions manage their health via care plans accessed on their phone. Unity, by mobile health provider, Health Fabric, will be licensed by participating GP practices, which can then offer the system to patients so they can be more proactive in their care. The app [...]
Federated learning technique could change the way research is conducted in future.
New tech that could save lives in countries with unreliable infrastructure to have first in-human trials.
TytoCare has announced an expanded partnership with the NHS which will see its telehealth solution in use across 14 organisations and 26 projects across Yorkshire and Humber, alongside nearly 70 care homes. The integration of TytoCare into the NHS' current virtual care offerings will allow clinicians to diagnose and treat patients remotely with in-depth, physical [...]
