New apps for cancer patients, cannabis users, others make use of algorithms that continually customize support
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Healthcare is facing a critical workforce shortage, with AI emerging as a key tool to support clinicians by improving diagnostics, treatment planning, and efficiency without replacing human expertise.
Stanford bioengineer Mark Skylar-Scott on his “science fiction” quest to 3D print human hearts and other organs on demand, using cells from a patient’s own body.
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Scaling up nanoparticle production could help scientists test new cancer treatments.
Claire Najjuuko, Chenyang Lu, Fred Ssewamala use AI to target interventions to improve compliance
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In the modern era of sport, results are often decided by ultra-fine margins like milliseconds or millimeters. Yet even precise metrics such as speed and distance are still quite rudimentary in nature.
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Let’s explore how CNC machining accelerates medical device development by delivering exceptional precision, optimizing production efficiency, and ensuring regulatory compliance.
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In this episode, we explore a groundbreaking system developed by researchers at the Technical University of Munich that aids stroke patients in regaining arm and hand mobility.
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Personalized medicine, also known as precision medicine, represents an approach to healthcare that tailors medical treatment to the individual characteristics of each patient.
ETH researchers have developed a new gene switch that can be activated using a commercially available nitroglycerine patch applied to the skin. One day, researchers want to use switches of this kind to trigger cell therapies for various metabolic diseases.
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In this episode, we explore how a generative AI tool is marking a major milestone in biology and accelerating advancements in healthcare, genetics, and drug development.
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Scientists at .Neurorestore (EPFL/CHUV/UNIL) have developed an approach that combines rehabilitation robotics with spinal cord stimulation to restore movement in people with spinal cord injuries. The technology enhances rehabilitation and enables activities like cycling and walking outdoors.
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Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a system that helps patients learn to move their paralyzed arms and hands quickly after a stroke. This requires targeted stimulation of the muscles in the forearm and the support of an exoskeleton.
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AI for Health Institute team unveils a versatile large language model to enhance perioperative care
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