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Diagnostics World | With the advent of large language models (LLMs), expert human abstractors are meeting their match when it comes to accurately identifying cancer progression events from electronic health records (EHRs). That’s one of the big surprises emerging from a study presented by Aaron Cohen, M.D., a practicing oncologist and head of oncology research at Flatiron Health, at a recent artificial intelligence and machine learning conference of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Aug 14, 2025
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Diagnostics World | Like a smartphone housing many software applications, a multi-purpose platform looks to be the launchpad for a potentially huge number of medical devices. The Openwater system, under development for nearly a decade, holds promise in noninvasively diagnosing and treating disease using infrared light and low-intensity focused ultrasound (LIFU).
Aug 12, 2025
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Diagnostics World | Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed Multimodal Artificial intelligence for ventricular Arrhythmia Risk Stratification (MAARS), a deep learning approach to predict lethal arrhythmia in patients with HCM by analyzing multimodal medical data.
Aug 7, 2025
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Diagnostics World | The Alzheimer's Association International Conference was held last week in Toronto and researchers and companies gathered to present their progress in the fight to diagnose and treat Alzheimer’s disease. Among the timely new developments: new products from Quanterix; pre-clinical data from AltPep, OncoC4, and NKGen Biotech; pipeline updates from Eisai, Biogen, and Roche; and more.
Aug 6, 2025
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Diagnostics World | Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University have developed an artificial intelligence tool that could revolutionize cancer diagnostics by rapidly identifying distinct cell types in tissue biopsies, potentially transforming how clinicians make treatment decisions and predict patient responses to therapy.
Aug 5, 2025
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Diagnostics World | UK Biobank completed the world’s largest whole body imaging project; Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics announced a strategic co-marketing agreement with Promega Corporation; and more.
Jul 31, 2025
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Diagnostics World | Aqutal’s advance toward a therapy response prediction test in rheumatoid arthritis; Illimis Therapeutics plans to accelerate the development of GAIA-based Alzheimer's disease therapeutics and various immune disorders; and more.
Jul 30, 2025
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Diagnostics World | A surge in research and development around fluorophores, various types of glowing molecules used to enhance visualization during surgical procedures, is driving excitement about their potential to improve the performance of human surgeons and “pave the way” for even better autonomous robotic surgery.
Jul 24, 2025
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Diagnostics World | Two of the great promises of AI is that it can help fill the gap in care in underserved communities and that it will give clinicians in high-demand specialties tools to meet that demand. One panel of experts at the HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum in Brooklyn, NY, July 11-12, described how their organizations are implementing projects in exactly those areas. The HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum brought together IT leaders, clinicians, and administrators to discuss how AI is being implemented in healthcare systems across the country.
Jul 23, 2025