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AI in medical research

AI promises to revolutionise medical research, but a cautious approach is needed. : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0

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AI offers a lot for the world of medical research, but the challenges that it brings need to be considered.

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AI in medical research

AI offers a lot for the world of medical research, but the challenges that it brings need to be considered.

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Many barriers need to be overcome before AI can be used widely. : WaveLength Charity/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0

AI could mean early intervention for dementia but raises ethical issues about patient privacy.

AI in medical research

AIs could predict dementia, humans can ensure it’s done ethically

AI could mean early intervention for dementia but raises ethical issues about patient privacy.

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Fully automated artificial intelligence could play a big role in advancing our understanding of how and why disease develop : NCI, Unsplash CC BY 4.0

The quest to discover how diseases develop in humans has been hamstrung by high costs and access to large enough datasets. Scientists are racing to change that.

AI in medical research

Is there an AI in the house?

The quest to discover how diseases develop in humans has been hamstrung by high costs and access to large enough datasets. Scientists are racing to change that.

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A laptop casts a glow on bedsheets at night. https://unsplash.com/photos/loAgTdeDcIU : Jay Wennington/Unsplash CC BY 4.0

Everyone sleeps, but we have few tools for measuring the sleep the world is getting at scale. AI and sleep could help us study global shocks in near-real time.

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Waking up to AI’s sleep loss potential

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Implementing AI solutions in a clinical setting comes with challenges. : RODNAE Productions/Pexels CC public domain

Artificial intelligence can help spot the early signs of deteriorating patients in hospital wards, but its application is yet to be tested.

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When an AI can call code blue

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Indonesia needs more sustainable electricity sources to provide health services across its vast archipelago. : AusAID, Flickr CC BY 2.0

Indonesia’s growth as a medical research hub will only go as far as its capacity to power its public health facilities. AI could speed up the process.

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AI a jolt of energy for Indonesian medical research

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AI could helps the pharma industry improve drugs. : Stockphotokun/Flickr. CC BY 2.0

Finding potential new drugs is becoming faster and cheaper, thanks to artificial intelligence, but challenges remain.

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AI in the pharmaceutical industry promises cheaper, faster, better drugs

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Machine learning could be used to help support government programmes. : Mike MacKenzie/Flickr. CC BY 2.0 Mike MacKenzie

Indonesia’s dengue fever outbreaks are increasingly frequent. Artificial Intelligence can help to predict where the next hotspot will be.

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Machine learning to help predict future dengue fever outbreaks

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Scientists are using artificial intelligence to improve our understanding of COVID-19 mutations. : Stockphotokun/Flickr. CC BY 2.0 Stockphotokun

Artificial intelligence can help predict mutations in COVID-19. Some have achieved a perfect strike rate.

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AI helps scientists keep up in COVID-19 mutation race

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