The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation spun out a nonprofit medical research institute to combat diseases that disproportionately affect low- and middle-income countries, STAT reports.
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An international team of researchers say they have developed an artificial intelligence system that diagnoses skin cancer more accurately than trained dermatologists.
Boston-based Harvard Business School's Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator added five cancer organizations that are collaborating to advance precision medicine opportunities across the cancer care arena.
Genetic tests are making their way into primary care settings — for example, Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger will offer DNA sequencing to 1,000 patients in June and Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health plans to include genetic screening for diseases and drug-gene…
Cleveland Clinic plans to open a two-story, 21,000-square-foot biobank facility on its campus during summer 2019.
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University College London Hospitals entered into a three-year partnership with the Alan Turing Institute, also in London, to bring artificial intelligence capabilities to the U.K. National Health Service, The Guardian reports.
Johnson & Johnson still considers itself to be the worldwide leader in infant products, but a 20 percent decline in sales for its baby care unit since 2011 has prompted it to relaunch the product line with a new focus,…
An artificial intelligence algorithm is able to identify patients with congenital Long QT syndrome using limited electrocardiogram data, according to an abstract published May 10 at the Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions conference in Boston.
Technology startup Buoy Health entered into an agreement with CVS Health's MinuteClinics to deploy its artificial intelligence solution to improve patients' access to convenient, affordable care at more than 1,100 MinuteClinics across the U.S.
The National Institutes of Health will begin nationwide enrollment in its All of Us Research Program May 6, with events planned across the U.S. to engage diverse communities.