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The Health Care Blog |
Through a quirk of fate, the very nature of breast screening programmes has provided a wealth of digitised imaging data extremely well documented with patient outcomes. This rich source of data just so happens to be perfect for the needs of deep learning. By leveraging labelled digital images and their associated final pathological outcomes, we can provide data scientists with a near-perfect 'ground truth' dataset.
Mar 5, 2018
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Diagnostics World | February featured news, products, and partnerships from around the diagnostics community from numerous companies, universities, and organizations, including Curetis, Cofactor Genomics, Inflammatix, and more.
Feb 28, 2018
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Diagnostics World | During the 25th annual Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference in San Francisco, Leroy Hood of the Institute for Systems Biology and Providence St. Joseph Health discussed his latest efforts to transform medicine through pioneering a systems-driven approach.
Feb 27, 2018
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Diagnostics World | Gregory Simon, President of the Biden Cancer Initiative, discussed the current state of cancer treatment during his keynote address at the 25th annual Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference last week. “What I’m going to talk to you about today,” Simon said, “is changing the way we think about what we’re doing in [cancer] research.”
Feb 23, 2018
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Diagnostics World Contributed Commentary | From antibiotic resistance to crunched lab budgets, the challenges in diagnosing infectious diseases are stacking up. Fortunately, the latest diagnostic developments are helping to meet these demands.
Feb 23, 2018
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Diagnostics World | Molecular medicine and diagnostics experts from around the world came to take part in the 25th annual Molecular Medicine Tri Conference. Topics covered included Digital Pathology, Molecular Diagnostics, and Molecular Diagnostics for Infectious Disease, among others.
Feb 22, 2018
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MIT Technology Review | DNA-based scores are getting better at predicting intelligence, risks for common diseases, and more.
Feb 21, 2018
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STAT | The most rigorous study so far found no difference in weight loss between overweight people on diets that “matched” their genotype and those on diets that didn’t.
Feb 20, 2018
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Diagnostics World Contributed Commentary | As the number of labs offering next generation sequencing testing has increased, variability of how results are reported and variability in test results between labs have become a greater concern.
Feb 15, 2018
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Diagnostics World | Thomas Carey from the University of California, Berkeley has been selected as the recipient of the second annual Diagnostics World Early Innovator Award. The announcement was made at the 2018 Molecular Medicine Tri Conference in San Francisco.
Feb 14, 2018
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MIT Technology Review | Using a swab of saliva from a newborn’s cheek, a new DNA test will probe the baby’s genes to search for 193 genetic diseases, like anemia, epilepsy, and metabolic disorders. But not all parents may want to know.
Feb 7, 2018
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Diagnostics World Brief | A $4 million grant was awarded to support transfer to manufacturing of MeMed's pioneering point of care platform that distinguishes bacterial from viral infections.
Feb 6, 2018
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Diagnostics World Brief | IDx announced today that it has filed its De Novo submission to the FDA for IDx-DR, an AI-based system for the autonomous detection of diabetic retinopathy. If cleared by the FDA, IDx-DR is expected to become the first-of-its-kind autonomous, AI-based diagnostic system intended for use in the front lines of healthcare.
Feb 2, 2018
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Diagnostics World Brief | QIAGEN announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire STAT-Dx, a privately-held company developing the next generation of multiplex diagnostics for one-step, fully integrated molecular analysis of common syndromes using a novel system based on real-time PCR technology and proven QIAGEN chemistries.
Feb 2, 2018