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  • Diagnosing Disease X

    Diagnostics World Contributed Commentary | Serving as a placeholder for a yet-to-be-identified potential disaster, Disease X represents emerging pathogens that present a significant health risk and potential for an international epidemic. An effective response to emerging and re-emerging pathogens – including Disease X – depends on a deep understanding of infectious diseases, backed by a global network of experts and governmental organizations committed to prompt and full cooperation.

    Oct 23, 2018
  • Does Self-Testing Hold The Key To Tackling The Rising Threat Of A Global STI Epidemic?

    Diagnostics World Contributed Commentary | Novel diagnostic solutions can play a central role in treating the growing sexual health epidemic.

    Oct 18, 2018
  • Chan And Zuckerberg Back Diagnosing Mystery Illnesses

    The Atlantic | Backed by major funders, a group of scientists has created a platform to help the world’s disease detectives.

    Oct 17, 2018
  • Golden Helix Looks Ahead After Receiving NIH Grant For Structural Variation Detection

    Diagnostics World | After announcing another grant from the National Institutes of Health to dig further into detecting structural variations, Golden Helix’s CEO and president discusses the company’s history, the shift in trajectory over the past five years, and what’s next.

    Oct 16, 2018
  • HCA Meets “Quadruple Aim” With AI-powered Cancer App

    Diagnostics World | HCA and Digital Reasoning have developed an AI-powered cancer app that reads pathology and radiology reports in real time, and then helps ensure care is rendered quickly and in the best prioritized order.

    Oct 9, 2018
  • Combining The Hive Mind With AI For Better Diagnoses

    Diagnostics World | A recent study, using technology developed by Unanimous AI, shows that a handful of doctors, connected by algorithms, achieved greater diagnostic accuracy for pneumonia than machine learning alone.

    Oct 3, 2018
  • Nobel Prize In Medicine Awarded To Two Cancer Researchers For Immune System Breakthrough

    STAT | The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to James Allison of MD Anderson Cancer Center and Tasuku Honjo of Kyoto University “for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation,” the Nobel committee announced.

    Oct 1, 2018