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Health informatics

With huge patient dataset, AI accurately predicts treatment outcomes

Scientists have designed a new artificial intelligence model that emulates randomized clinical trials to determine the treatment options most effective at preventing stroke in people with heart disease.

Neuroscience

Preclinical study finds novel stem cell therapy boosts neural repair after cardiac arrest

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have identified an innovation in stem cell therapy to regenerate neural cells in the brain after cardiac arrest in an animal model. The study led by Xiaofeng ...

Health informatics

Deep-learning decoding for a noninvasive brain-computer interface

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have the potential to make life easier for people with motor or speech disorders, allowing them to manipulate prosthetic limbs and employ computers, among other uses. In addition, healthy ...

Oncology & Cancer

Researchers identify biomarkers in blood to predict liver cancer

Early detection has the potential to transform treatment and outcomes in cancer care, especially for cancers like liver cancer, which is typically diagnosed at a late stage with limited options for cure. A new study led by ...

Health

Keeping the noise down for ICU patients

New research by Edith Cowan University (ECU) and Fiona Stanley Hospital aims to decrease noise levels in intensive care units (ICUs) by implementing improvements in acoustic design.

Immunology

Scientists develop new organoid model to study thymus function

Researchers from the Organoid group have developed a new organoid model that can be used to study the thymus. The organoids are derived from mouse thymus tissue, specifically model thymic epithelial cells (TECs). These cells ...

Health

Researchers develop microplastic-free transparent mask

The Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) has introduced a new solution in the form of a transparent mask, addressing concerns surrounding microplastic pollution and harmful solvents of conventional fibrous masks.

Medical research

Breaking down the 'brick wall' of scar tissue

Doctors in the U.S. perform nearly 800,000 total knee replacements every year, but some estimates indicate that up to 10% of patients may emerge from surgery with a new problem: arthrofibrosis or excessive scarring that limits ...

Biomedical technology

Researchers demonstrate miniature brain stimulator in humans

Rice University engineers have developed the smallest implantable brain stimulator demonstrated in a human patient. Thanks to pioneering magnetoelectric power transfer technology, the pea-sized device developed in the Rice ...

Biomedical technology

New device can treat injury from sepsis

Prior to February 2024, limited therapeutics were available to treat sepsis, a life threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Now, a new, commercially viable method of treatment is ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Using AI to spot parasites in stool samples

A multi-institutional team of specialists is using artificial intelligence to diagnose parasitic infections in patients by scanning stool samples. Their study is published in the open-access journal PLOS Neglected Tropical ...

Pediatrics

A small robot car can reduce children's stress before surgery

Undergoing medical treatment, having surgery or simply being admitted to hospital are situations that make children fearful and anxious, especially during early childhood. And in addition to having a short-term impact, their ...

Health informatics

'Virtual biopsy' lets clinicians analyze skin noninvasively

The next time you have a suspicious-looking mole on your back, your dermatologist may be able to skip the scalpel and instead scan the spot with a noninvasive "virtual biopsy" to determine whether it contains any cancerous ...