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We’re closer to engineering working blood vessels
News Aug 6, 2023

We’re closer to engineering working blood vessels

Creating inexpensive, scalable "tissue-engineered" blood vessels from human cells and tissues
amara_angelica 1 min read
Revolutionizing Medical QA: The Impact of Knowledge Graph Agents in Biomedical AI
Community Dec 14, 2024

Revolutionizing Medical QA: The Impact of Knowledge Graph Agents in Biomedical AI

Revolutionizing medical decision-making: KGAREVION blends AI with structured data for unmatched accuracy. Can this innovation transform diagnostics and patient care?
nani 5 min read
An AI chatbot could generate a fraudulent but authentic-looking scientific medical paper—unleashing Pandora's box
News Jul 6, 2023

An AI chatbot could generate a fraudulent but authentic-looking scientific medical paper—unleashing Pandora's box

Monitoring for bogus content
amara_angelica 1 min read
Source of hidden consciousness in ‘comatose’ brain injury patients found
News Aug 14, 2023

Source of hidden consciousness in ‘comatose’ brain injury patients found

Using EEG or MRI to Identify patients with hidden consciousness
amara_angelica 3 min read
11-Year-Old Creates AI-Based Eye Disease Detection App — a Testament to Young Minds' Innovation
News Mar 29, 2023

11-Year-Old Creates AI-Based Eye Disease Detection App — a Testament to Young Minds' Innovation

11-year-old develops AI-based eye disease detection app using iPhone.
lewisfarrell 1 min read
Scientists find way to wipe a cell’s memory to better reprogram it as an embryonic stem cell
News Aug 16, 2023

Scientists find way to wipe a cell’s memory to better reprogram it as an embryonic stem cell

New "TNT" method mimics the reset of a cell’s epigenome that happens in very early embryonic development
amara_angelica 1 min read
Explainable AI is About to Change Biomedical Research Forever | AGI 24 Series - Part 5
Podcast Sep 25, 2024

Explainable AI is About to Change Biomedical Research Forever | AGI 24 Series - Part 5

Kennedy Schaal, Founder and CEO of Rejuve Bio, presents their AGI research assistant, leveraging AI algorithms for hypothesis generation and explaining proof trees to guide scientific research.
mindplex 1 min read
Seeing new colors with Oz
News Apr 24, 2025

Seeing new colors with Oz

UC Berkeley researchers have used lasers to show a new blue-green color called olo, expanding human vision.
giulioprisco 2 min read
How to make skin invisible—major breakthrough
News Sep 5, 2024

How to make skin invisible—major breakthrough

Based on how light interacts with dyed biological tissues; may ultimately apply to a wide range of medical diagnostics
amara_angelica 4 min read
A Peek Inside the Incredible AGI Research Assistant | AGI 24 Series - Part 2
Podcast Aug 29, 2024

A Peek Inside the Incredible AGI Research Assistant | AGI 24 Series - Part 2

Abdu Omar, Rejuve.Bio's Lead Bio AI Developer, tells us about Rejuve.Bio's AGI research assistant and how its hypothesis generation service helps medical researchers sort through all the hypothesis possibilities.
mindplex 1 min read