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Breakthrough cancer modeling tool more than a decade in the making
Indiana University- Journal
- Cell
- Funder
- NIH/National Institutes of Health, Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Lilly Endowment, Inc.,
Empowering a continent: How youth and cooperatives are revolutionizing agriculture in East Africa
CABIAcross Kenya and Uganda, a transformative movement is reshaping the agricultural landscape, driven by the dynamic partnership between rural youth and established cooperative societies.
Through the CABI-led PlantwisePlus programme, young people are not just finding employment; they're becoming vital service providers and agri-entrepreneurs, dramatically improving farmer productivity, produce quality, and rural livelihoods.
University students develop a project that brings Islamic artifacts to life through Augmented Reality
University of SharjahA student-developed Augmented Reality project brings the marvels of Islamic art and heritage directly to our mobile phones
OU researchers explore vagus nerve stimulation for multiple conditions
University of OklahomaUniversity of Houston psychology researchers help improve space city weather’s flood forecast scale
University of HoustonHotel2Hospital: An extreme makeover shows how a patient surge could be handled in a crisis
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusA project led by the CU Department of Emergency Medicine turns a conference hotel into a hospital. ‘This could save countless lives during a crisis,’ a project leader says.
Pioneering interdisciplinary research drives innovation in optics and photonics
The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityClinical trials use precision medicine to test treatments for severe asthma
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of ChicagoAsthma severity can be affected by multiple inflammatory pathways, which make it challenging to treat with a “one size fits all” approach. This is why researchers started pursuing precision medicine for asthma – distinguishing disease types based on specific biological signs (called biomarkers) and matching treatments to the patient’s asthma type.
New tool using AI for heart failure incorporates views of patients, clinicians and other stakeholders in three different continents
European Society of CardiologyTrustworthy Artificial Intelligence for Personalised Risk Assessment, or AI4HF, is a 4-year project funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Framework
AI4HF aims to co-design, develop and evaluate the first trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) tool for personalising the care and management of patients with heart failure.
The project brings together patients, clinicians and other stakeholders from Europe, South America and Africa with regular workshops to allow input from all
The workshops have produced many ideas for refining AI for heart failure treatment, including increasing health and digital literacy, personalised recommendations on improving lifestyle, and social components such as involvement of carers. A new round of workshops is ongoing