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Almost a quarter of UK patients are turning to AI for guidance, with Gen Z patients most likely to ask ChatGPT before their GP, new research has revealed. The survey of 2,000 UK patients found that one in four patients (24 per cent) already use AI for health guidance, and one in three (30 per [...]
By Moh Waqas, CTO Healthcare, Armis Every year, it feels like the talk tracks repeat themselves in the healthcare cybersecurity space: there are more cyberattacks than ever, the pace shows no sign of slowing down, the industry is continuously battered by ransomware, and patients are left bearing the brunt of security gaps in healthcare settings. [...]
Gradient Health has today announced that its Atlas platform is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace, enabling AI developers and research institutions to securely access diverse, de-identified medical imaging data directly within Google Cloud. Through this initiative, Gradient makes it easier for teams building foundation models and clinical AI applications to source, curate, and deploy [...]
Nominations for the forth annual Health Tech World Awards are now open. The event will once again recognise the health innovators and innovations helping to transform outcomes across the globe. We will be celebrating some of the best examples of leadership, innovation and impact spanning life sciences, medtech, digital health and beyond. The awards are [...]
Scientists have built a virtual mouse cortex using a supercomputer, simulating 10 million neurons to study diseases like Alzheimer's and epilepsy. The simulation models both the structure and function of a whole mouse cortex, containing nearly 10 million neurons, 26 billion synapses and 86 interconnected brain regions. Synapses are tiny connections between brain cells that [...]
Healthcare London has signed a landmark partnership with CF (Carnall Farrar) to deepen UK-Saudi healthcare collaboration and expand Saudi patients’ access to London’s world-class medical expertise. The partnership builds on the longstanding relationship between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and aligns directly with Saudi Vision 2030, supporting the Kingdom’s ambition to [...]
The British Business Bank has committed €30m to Sofinnova Partners’ €650m life sciences fund, Sofinnova Capital XI. The fund will support early-stage biopharmaceutical and medical technology companies developing treatments for unmet medical needs, with initial and follow-on investments as firms grow. The commitment supports the UK’s Life Sciences Sector Plan and builds on the bank’s [...]
The NHS will offer prostate cancer patients video consultations and home blood tests under government plans to detect tumours earlier. A reported in The Daily Mail, the initiatives will be detailed in the government's Men's Health Strategy, due this week. Ministers aim to make care easier to access without time off work for in-person appointments [...]
TandemAI has secured US$22m in a Series A extension to advance its drug discovery platform. The round, from new and existing investors, takes total funding past US$80m since October 2021. The platform combines artificial intelligence with physics-based computation and wet-lab work to find potential drug candidates. The platform has produced more than ten [...]
Doctors unveiled an AI tool that could cut failed organ transplant attempts by 60 per cent by predicting donor viability within the critical window. The machine learning model forecasts whether donors will die within the timeframe that preserves liver quality, outperforming experienced surgeons’ judgement. In liver transplants using donors who die after cardiac arrest — [...]
