The Directorate of Public Health has identified 4.35 lakh children with development delays, birth defects, deficiencies and diseases through its screening in the past year. DPH director T.S. Selvavinayagam, in a letter to the health officers, said around 1.14 lakh children were referred to the district early intervention centre for expert advice and the rest … Read more
The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has identified 23 places across the State to start driving schools under the public sector. All the state-of-the-art facilities would be arranged in the driving schools, including simulators for learning. In the first phase, 10 driving schools, each in a district, would be set up soon, and the … Read more
The wildlife task force during the raid on illegal aquaculture ponds in the 5th contour of Kolleru Lake in Eluru district on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Andhra Pradesh State Wildlife Management authorities have identified that illegal aquaculture activities are going on in a stretch of more than 1,700 acres falling under the … Read more
New Delhi: Artificial intelligence (AI) guided screening has identified three anti-aging drug candidates targeting ‘zombie’ cells, a significant milestone for both longevity research, researchers revealed. The team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, described the AI-guided screening of more than 800,000 compounds to reveal three drug … Read more
Washington: According to a study published in Radiology, a publication of the Radiological Society of North America, an artificial intelligence (AI) tool can successfully discern between normal and abnormal chest X-rays in a clinical context (RSNA). Chest X-rays are used to identify a wide range of heart and lung diseases. Atypical chest X-rays can indicate … Read more
London: Researchers have leveraged artificial intelligence (AI) technology to identify genes critical to a cancer cell’s survival, and could help deliver personalised cancer patient treatments, according to a new study. They analysed different types of cancer cells to understand different gene dependencies for identifying the genes, the study said. Researchers at the University of Sussex, … Read more
Pennsylvania: Researchers from Penn State College of Medicine and the University of Minnesota conducted a study to see if drugs like dextromethorphan, which is used to treat cold and flu-related coughs, may be repurposed to help individuals give up smoking. In order to find the medications, they created a revolutionary machine-learning technique that uses computer … Read more
July 26, 2021 — Black patients have a higher rate of adverse safety events than white patients when they are admitted to the same hospital, regardless of insurance coverage type or the percentage of hospitalized patients who are Black, according to a new Urban Institute study. The study, which was funded by the Robert … Read more