Cambridge lab grows 'mini-placentas' for pre-eclampsia study
Pre-eclampsia affects millions of women worldwide yet is little understood, say scientists. Source link
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Samsung R&D Institute sets up lab at VIT, Vellore for AI, machine learning, data engineering projects
Vellore Institute of Technology founder and chancellor, G. Viswanathan, inaugurated the Samsung Student Ecosystem for Engineered Data Laboratory recently | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) and Bengaluru-based Samsung R&D Institute (SRI-B) have jointly set up a ‘Samsung Student Ecosystem for Engineered Data (SEED) Laboratory’ for students and faculty of artificial … Read more
UK’s first Covid mega lab up for sale
The price was not revealed to the BBC, but is available on application. When the site first opened it was suggested up to 1,500 jobs would be created, processing up to 300,000 tests a day, but this never happened. Temporary staff employed at the site were let go earlier this year, with the last day … Read more
Covid: Top Chinese scientist says don’t rule out lab leak
The man who led China’s pandemic response says inquiries into its origins should consider everything. Source link
Toxic debate over lab leak theory hampers search for Covid origins
US agencies cannot agree on how the pandemic started, with the scientific community bitterly divided. Source link
Covid: FBI chief Christopher Wray says China lab leak ‘most likely’
A World Health Organization (WHO) investigation called the lab leak theory “extremely unlikely”, but after deep criticism of that investigation, the agency’s director-general called for a new inquiry, saying: “All hypotheses remain open and require further study.” Source link
Hundreds of jobs to go at Leamington Covid ‘mega lab’
The Rosalind Franklin Laboratory opened in 2021 and processed millions of tests. Source link
Immensa lab errors may have led to 23 Covid-19 deaths
When asked whether the UKHSA would be taking legal action against Dante Labs, the owners of Immensa, Dr Harries said: “The contract ceased anyway shortly afterwards and it clearly hasn’t been renewed, there is a legal case proceeding and you’ll understand I can’t comment on that in detail, but it is fair to say we … Read more
HealthPlix launches SmartScan to digitise patient lab reports leveraging AI-OCR – ET HealthWorld
Bengaluru: HealthPlix Technologies announced the launch of SmartScan – a feature that automatically scans patient lab reports, structures health vitals, and populates them on the EMR platform for doctors. The company has tapped into the latest AI-powered OCR technology and developed the feature in-house to equip doctors with advanced patient health information at the point … Read more
PM to open mega hospital with hi-tech centralised automated lab; to have 7-storey research block – ET HealthWorld
Faridabad: A 2,600-bed new private hospital equipped with cutting-edge technology, including a centralised fully automated laboratory, patient-centric wards and OPDs, and built on a sprawling 130-acre campus with sustainability in mind is all set to be opened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here next week. The state-of-the-art Amrita Hospital has a dedicated seven-storey research block … Read more