Innovation

A research team at the Medical University of Vienna is applying artificial intelligence to digital images of patients' retinas, the university announced Nov. 28.

A team of researchers from Washington, D.C.-based George Washington University, Newark-based University of Delaware, the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory are developing a portal of information related to precision oncology.

A team of researchers from Stanford University developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that diagnoses pneumonia from chest X-rays, the California-based university announced Nov. 15.

Facebook plans to extend its artificial intelligence capabilities related to suicide prevention to additional countries, according to a Nov. 27 Facebook blog post by Guy Rosen, the company's vice president of product management.

Digital health guru Eric Topol, MD, is amassing additional responsibilities at Scripps, becoming the executive vice president of the new Scripps Research Institutes, he told Politico Morning eHealth newsletter.

An artificial intelligence-powered robot in China took the country's medical licensing examinations and passed, becoming the first robot to do so, Futurism reports.

A research team in Boston is in the midst of a three-year clinical study investigating whether an artificial intelligence chatbot is able to help terminally ill geriatric patients navigate end-of-life care, CNBC reports.

James Clement, a self-described "citizen-scientist," has collected blood, skin and saliva samples from individuals aged 110-plus in 14 states and seven countries during the past six years, The New York Times reports.

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger is rolling out a National Precision Health Initiative as part of its strategy to expand its precision health program on the national level, and it has appointed Huntington F. Willard, PhD, as its first director.

There must be more information and data sharing amongst academics, scientists and pharmaceutical companies if the healthcare sector wants to find a cure for cancer, former Vice President Joe Biden said during a panel discussion held at the National Constitution…