Cancer is tricky; some would send deceiving messages to our immune system, misleading it for their benefit rather than destruction. Others are nefarious; as they hijack and feed off our brains and nervous systems. In general, cancer is mysterious because it transfigures itself; manifests differently
The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting will be held in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland between 21 and 24 January. Seven themes, including “Tech for Good” will be widely discussed at this yearly gather. In lieu of the event, Carla Kriwet, Chief Executive Officer, Connected Care and Health Information at
It used to be a lot more complicated. When Laszlo Igali, consultant histopathologist at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital began his career, most pathologists had to rely on table lamps and mirrors to give them additional light source and support to clearly study the microscopic structure o
Zachi Attia had never received any surgical nor medical training. He almost fainted the first time he witnessed an actual cardiac surgery. Yet, he has to spend most of his days at one of the most prestigious medical institutions in the US. Attia is a machine learning expert and he plays an important
Often, mammograph interpretation succumbs to variability which may result in false positive or false negative, making it challenging to screen for early onset of breast cancer. On New Year’s day, Nature published the findings of an artificial intelligence (AI) driven breast cancer screening tool dev
Last February, AIMed talked about the “crisis in science” as described by statistician Dr. Genevera Allen of Rice University in Houston during her speech at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Washington. Dr. Allen said more scientists are engaged in mach
Last week, AIMed reflected on the year and highlighted the many new ventures and collaborations between healthcare institutions, technology tycoons and startups, the ongoing debates around ethics, regulations and artificial intelligence (AI) deployments, as well as the up and coming influence from p
Innovations bring changes to our lives but it’s not always the case. Market intelligence platform CB Insights had tabulated 155 biggest product failures of all time earlier this year. All names mentioned failed for a reason: either born too early; bad marketing strategies; unable to deliver what it
“Eyes are the windows to the soul”. It’s probably many physicians’ dreams to be able to tell what a patient has come down with by looking into their eyes. Researchers from the University College London (UCL) and Moorfields Eye Hospital are trying to realize this dream in a collaborative project call