With the help of powerful new tools, laboratory and pathology experts gain better footing in the uphill battle against cancer and infectious diseases. Keep reading to find out how deep learning AI models generate increasingly reliable forecasts for tumour patient outcomes. Interdisciplinary collaboration in tumour boards is expanded, as is the use of genetic analysis techniques for disease assessment.
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Article • AI provides prognostic information
Next-generation deep learning models predict cancer survival
Deaths from cancer are currently estimated at 10 million each year worldwide. Conventional cancer staging systems aim to categorize patients into different groups with distinct outcomes. ‘However, even within a specific stage, there is often ...
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Article • Patient careMolecular Tumour Board for better decision-makingAs more genomic alterations become targets for therapy, health institutions and hospitals are creating specialist Molecular Tumour Boards to support better decision-making for patient care. This evolving team, and its role, was highlighted in a ... |
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Article • Prediction for breast, ovarian, cervical, and endometrial carcinomaNew test detects four women’s cancers from cervical screening samplesWhat if a test analysing cervical cells from a gynaecological swab could be used to detect four different female cancers at an early stage and also predict cancer risk over a healthy woman's lifetime? Researchers at the EUTOPS Institute in ... |
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News • Infection controlLegionnaire's disease: genetic analysis key to understanding riskRoutine sampling of water supplies and genomic sequencing of Legionella bacteria could play a key role in identifying the source of Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks, research suggests. |
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Article • Alternative to open surgical procedures gains tractionThe future of minimally invasive interventionsIn the future, many types of open surgeries will be replaced with minimally invasive interventions, predicts Kevin Cleary, PhD, engineering lead at the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National Hospital, and ... |
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Article • KeratoplastyCorneal transplantation surgery: AI for an eyeMany consider our eyes to be the windows to the soul. Yet the cornea, the panes of these windows, sometimes need significant repair. Friso Heslinga, PhD, created artificial intelligence models to support surgeons in one of the oldest and most common ... |
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News • Biomarker researchAlzheimer's: blood test detects beta-amyloidResearchers from Japan have developed a method to detect build-up of amyloid β in the brain, a characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease, from biomarkers in blood samples. |
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Article • Lab equipmentLABBook - Your guide to laboratory and pathology equipment in EuropeLABBook provides an overview of European laboratory systems. Whether you are about to set up a new lab or want to replace existing equipment, LABBook will help you make smart investment decisions to boost efficiency and productivity in your lab. |
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