Secondary bacterial infection of the lung (pneumonia) was extremely common in patients with COVID-19, affecting almost half the patients who required support from mechanical ventilation. By applying machine learning to medical record data, scientists at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine found that secondary bacterial pneumonia that does not resolve was a key driver [...]
An artificial intelligence system enables robots to conduct autonomous scientific experiments—as many as 10,000 per day—potentially driving a drastic leap forward in the pace of discovery in areas from medicine to agriculture to environmental science. That artificial intelligence platform, dubbed BacterAI, mapped the metabolism of two microbes associated with oral health—with no baseline information to start with. Bacteria [...]
Scientists have created a bacterium that is resistant to all viruses. Using strands of RNA, researchers re-coded the organism so that when viruses try to invade, their replication instructions get all mixed around. The team hopes their new tech will eventually be used to create virus-resistant bacteria to be used in producing things like [...]
A pharmaceutical company announced on Saturday that vaccines for cancer, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, and other conditions could be ready by 2030, according to an article published by The Guardian. Dr Paul Burton, the chief medical officer of pharmaceutical company Moderna, told the news outlet he is confident the firm will be able to offer such options for [...]
Ovarian cancer ranks fifth in cancer deaths among women, accounting for more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductive system. In a study conducted at Tel Aviv University, researchers used protein CKAP5 (cytoskeleton-associated protein) for the first time as a therapeutic target for RNA-based nanodrugs. After identifying a genetically unstable mutation resistant [...]
Researchers produce important amino acid from greenhouse gas CO2 Growing demand for food in the world Biotechnological process via methanol as intermediate product Less ground required than for plant cultivation Ensuring the supply of food to the constantly growing world population and protecting the environment at the same time are often conflicting objectives. Now [...]
Researchers at Harvard Medical School and National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan have created a new artificial intelligence model that could help doctors make more informed decisions about treatment and prognosis for patients with colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. The new tool can accurately predict the aggressiveness of a colorectal tumor, [...]
A computer-assisted needle misses its target, puncturing the spine. A diabetic patient goes rapidly downhill after a computer recommends an incorrect insulin dosage. An ultrasound fails to diagnose an obvious heart condition that is ultimately fatal. These are just a few examples of incidents reported to the United States’ Food and Drug Administration involving [...]
A study from Cedars-Sinai’s Smidt Heart Institute suggests that immune system dysfunction could be causing long COVID-19. The study found that patients with long COVID-19 produced antibodies against the virus for an extended period after vaccination, with especially high levels of nucleocapsid antibodies. The implications of this sustained immune response are still unclear, and [...]
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a novel hydrogel that has successfully cured 100% of mice with aggressive brain cancer, specifically glioblastoma. The hydrogel combines an anticancer drug and an antibody, and is applied to the brain after the surgical removal of a tumor. This treatment reaches areas that surgery might miss and [...]
