A new review of >40 #AI smartphone DTC apps for skin conditions and cancer detection highlights lack of FDA approval, validation, misleading user communication and potential for harm https://
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamad
ermatology/fullarticle/2815800
… by @wshannon_w @Dr_vron @RoxanaDaneshjou and colleagues @JAMADerm
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AI Skin Cancer Apps Lack FDA Approval and Validation
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CHIP Clonal Hematopoiesis Now Has Determined Clinical Potential
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CHIP stands for clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential. But it's no longer "indeterminate," as exemplified by this report, and needs a new abbreviation @NatureMedicine by @DrFlashHeart @AlexBickMDPhD and colleagues
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AI predicts disease risk decades in advance using unsupervised learning
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Predicting a person's life risk of diseases many decades ahead with unsupervised #AI @CSHVienna @ElmaDervicMe @MedUni_Wien @Nature_NPJ https://
nature.com/articles/s4174
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NEJM Review Table of Healthcare AI Interventions
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In the new @NEJM review I cited there is a Table of things that can be done
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Blood Test Creates Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Healthy People
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How a blood test (p-Tau217) and drugs that have little efficacy (and major side effects) are creating "#Alzheimers Stage 1" in healthy people with no symptoms or memory deficit https://
latimes.com/science/story/
2024-02-14/inside-controversial-plan-to-diagnose-alzheimers-in-people-without-symptoms
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Protein Design Breakthrough: AI Transforms Biology Three Years Post-AlphaFold2
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3 years after the #AlphaFold2 moment, we've never been in a better position to design new proteins, antibodies, enzymes, and vaccines from scratch, thanks to transformer and diffusion #AI models
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nature.com/nbt/volumes/42
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AI Breakthroughs Combat Drug-Resistant Bacterial Infections
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About 35,000 Americans are dying each year from drug resistant bacterial infections. Fortunately, major progress is being made in academic labs https://
latimes.com/science/story/
2024-02-15/could-a-single-synthetic-molecule-outsmart-a-variety-of-drug-resistant-bacteria
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science.org/doi/10.1126/sc
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Autoantibodies: Protective Role Against Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease
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Autoantibodies are not just bad actors; they can be protective vs cancer and Alzheimer's, provide insights for drug development https://
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc
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Recognition for Su-In’s AI Research Perspective in The Lancet
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Congratulations on this well deserved recognition, Su-In!! Great timing with our Perspective coming out @TheLancet next week
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Plasma metabolic signature predicts longevity cardiovascular cancer mortality
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How a healthy lifestyle is associated with longevity, less cardiovascular and cancer-related mortality: A plasma metabolic signature of lipid pathways assessed in 4 US cohorts with 28-year follow-up accounts for ~50% https://
cell.com/med/fulltext/S
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… @ajtessierRD @MartaGuasch1