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  • New AI Tool Addresses Data Accuracy and Fairness

    Diagnostics World | Modern healthcare algorithms are trained with large volumes of data and can recognize patterns and correlate them with outcomes. However, there is still the issue of bias against underrepresented groups, even though these algorithms are trained using diverse populations. Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed AEquity, a tool of identification that reduces biases in datasets used to train machine learning algorithms.

    Oct 24, 2025

  • MyHeritage Adopts Whole Genome Sequencing for Their DNA Tests

    Diagnostics World | Earlier this month, MyHeritage announced that they have upgraded their at-home DNA tests to have Whole Genome Sequencing. By utilizing Ultima Genomics’ sequencing technology and processing at the Gene by Gene lab, MyHeritage is the first major commercial DNA testing company to adopt Whole Genome Sequencing at such a massive scale of over one million tests per year.

    Oct 22, 2025

  • New Glycan-Based Diagnostic May Refine Cancer Detection and Treatment

    Diagnostics World | A new diagnostic tool could soon help oncologists identify which tumors are most vulnerable to a class of immunotherapies that target cancer’s sugar-coated surface. Researchers at the UC Irvine School of Medicine have developed a companion diagnostic that measures glycan density in tumor tissue, which could redefine how solid tumors are detected, classified, and treated.

    Oct 16, 2025

  • GPT Model Could Serve as ‘Early Warning System’ of Disease Risk

    Diagnostics World | An innovative GPT model trained on vast amounts of anonymized data from healthy volunteers in the UK Biobank has been shown to be impressively good at predicting an individual’s risk of developing over 1,200 diseases over the next decade. Since the model represents disease risks as rates, it can also quantify how quickly new cases occur within a population over time.

    Oct 15, 2025

  • A Look at Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Paves New Paths Forward

    Diagnostics World | As people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) well know, it is a “forever disease” with no single magic-bullet cure or guarantee that they will ever feel like they did before their diagnosis. But a better understanding of what’s happening biologically before the first swollen joint appears could reveal opportunities to markedly modify the course of RA and, ultimately, prevent it.

    Oct 14, 2025

  • AI-powered Digital Pathology Workflows Support Confident Cancer Diagnosis

    Diagnostics World | There are more cases of cancer in the U.S. than ever before. Over 2 million new cases are expected to be diagnosed in 2025 alone, and cancer incidence is on the rise in 6 of the 10 most common cancers. Delivering speedy, accurate diagnoses and treatment for a growing pool of cancer patients is a daunting challenge for today’s clinicians.

    Oct 10, 2025