Smarter and more precise, faster and location-independent: pathology applications are advancing at a rapid pace, not least due to the fields' digitalisation and the use of AI. From sample contamination analysis to the replacement of other diagnostic means, medical laboratories worldwide are putting the next generation of techniques to good use. Keep reading to find out more.
Article • Breast cancer diagnostics
Precision pathology: an AI-led alternative to molecular diagnostics
Experts have highlighted how precision pathology using Artificial Intelligence can provide an effective alternative to molecular diagnostics. This, say a team from the Karolinska Institutet (KI) in Stockholm, Sweden, can also offer multiple ...
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News • Presented at AACC 2023AI to predict multiple sclerosis, detect contaminated lab samplesThe 2023 AACC meeting saw two exciting AI applications in lab medicine: a predictive algorithm for MS, and machine learning for detecting contaminated lab samples. |
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Article • Digital pathologyCutting the time to therapy for breast cancer patientsCentralized review of slides combined with telepathology has opened up the potential for a dramatic reduction in the waiting times for breast cancer patients to start their therapy. Jan Hudecek from the Netherlands Cancer Institute outlined his ... |
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News • Advanced biosensorResearchers engineer tumor-detecting bacteriaScientists from the University of California San Diego and their colleagues in Australia have engineered bacteria that can detect the presence of tumor DNA in a live organism. |
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News • Protein alterations in rare cancer‘Rosetta stone’ of sarcoma research to help personalise treatmentAn 'encyclopaedia' of protein alterations in soft tissue sarcomas could open the door to a new era of understanding and treatment for this group of rare cancers. |
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News • Microfluidics and electrochemical transductionPaper-based device for rapid diagnosis of lung diseasesA new device that combines microfluidics on paper, electrochemical transduction and immunoassays on magnetic nanoparticles is useful for easy and rapid diagnosis of lung diseases. |
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News • Hospital pathogen Acinetobacter baumanniiMore appendages = greater adaptabilityGerman bioinformaticians have now detected an unexpected diversity of certain cell appendages in the bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii that are associated with its pathogenicity. |
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News • Contamination during procedure suspectedMicroplastics found in patients after heart surgeryIn a pilot study of people who underwent heart surgery, researchers report that they have found microplastics in heart tissues, suggesting they were unexpectedly introduced during the procedures. |
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