A research group from Nagoya University in Japan has developed an artificial intelligence for analyzing cell images that uses machine learning to predict the therapeutic effect of drugs. Called in silico FOCUS, this new technology may aid in the discovery of therapeutic agents for neurodegenerative disorders such as Kennedy disease.

A recent study demonstrates that machine learning methods could determine the risk of a viral jump or “spillover” from animals to humans using viral genomes. The research models predicted that genetically similar nonhuman primate viruses had an increased risk of human transmission, which was not the case with other animal groups.

Source: Electrolyte monitoring is critical for infants in the intensive care unit, and a new AI monitoring solution may eliminate the need for twice-daily blood draws. The solution a smart pacifier.

Source: The guidance from Ki67 proliferation marker screenings, older women with low-risk luminal A breast cancer can safely avoid radiotherapy. Considering more than 300,000 women are diagnosed annually with invasive breast cancer in North America this can be a less invasive way to treat cancer.

Source: St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney has entered into a multi-year collaboration with imaging solutions developer Sydney Neuroimaging Analysis Centre to co-develop and deploy novel AI diagnostics solutions. According to a media release, the partnership will bring together AI engineers, radiologists, imaging analysts, expert clinicians and data, utilising SNAC’s technology platform to drive large-scale deployment of...

Source: From mid-June 2022, the department will begin distributing cancer screening packs to more than 8000 general practices across Australia. The packs will include: Three A3 posters, one for each national cancer screening program, with reminder messaging. We ask practices to place these in waiting rooms and other places visible to patients to prompt a...

Source: Travel program set up by Greg Hunt in 2021 discontinued after two months with two dozen people receiving direct assistance.

“The risks of the radiation are incredibly small, but still, we try to eliminate them when we can,” Methratta said. Because the cells in children’s bodies are not fully mature, they can be more sensitive to radiation in contrast to adults. Children also have more years ahead of them in which long-term effects of radiation...

The IAEA is playing an active role in assisting countries to access the many beneficial applications of nuclear science and technology in key health areas, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said to the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA). Various topics were discussed including, combatting malnutrition, zoonotic diseases and addressing cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Source: A new observational study has found an association between the consumption of artificial sweeteners, such as aspartame and acesulfame-K, to cancer. The worldwide artificial sweetener market is estimated at $22.2 billion and rising, a nearly three-billion-dollar increase in the last 2 years alone.