All Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning articles – Page 7
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NewsAI tool can help forecast viral outbreaks
A new AI tool called EVEscape uses evolutionary and biological information to predict how a virus could change to escape the immune syste, and successfully predicted the most concerning new variants that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NewsSRI spins off AI-powered drug discovery platform Synfini, Inc
SRI International has announced it is spinning off Synfini, a biosciences platform that accelerates the process by which pharmaceutical and other companies can design, synthesize, and bring to market molecules for drug development.
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OpinionHow AI is being applied to improve microbiological research
How valuable is AI to the future of microbiology?
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OpinionThe role of AI in improving microbiology
What are the benefits and drawbacks of a technology that holds such promise?
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NewsAI method refines biome labeling for microbial community samples
Researchers have introduced Meta-Sorter, an AI-based method that leverages neural networks and transfer learning to significantly improve biome labeling for thousands of microbiome samples in the MGnify database.
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NewsOptics and AI find viruses faster
Researchers have developed an automated version of the viral plaque assay, the gold-standard method for detecting and quantifying viruses.
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NewsPocket-sized device for clinicians could spot infected wounds faster
An app-controlled device which uses heat signatures and bacterial fluorescence to identify infected wounds could help doctors and nurses catch and treat infections faster.
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NewsBlood test could spot cause of childhood fever from molecular signatures
A simple blood test which may be able to rapidly diagnose the cause of a child’s illness could be ‘transformative’, say researchers.
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NewsHigh-tech microscope using AI detects malaria in returning travellers
Researchers have tested the accuracy of an automated microscope combined with AI software to identify malaria parasites in blood samples – an additional diagnostic approach to disease detection.
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NewsResearchers find chink in the armour of tuberculosis pathogen
Discovery of drug resistance network could clear way for developing a drug to prevent pathogen from resisting and tolerating tuberculosis treatment.
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NewsPartnership to use AI to speed up vaccine development against Disease X
CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and the Houston Methodist Research Institute (HMRI), have announced a partnership to combine cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) technology with established laboratory techniques to speed up development of future vaccines against novel viral threats.
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NewsAI model can accelerate development of new antivirals
Researchers have shown that IBM’s AI Model, MoLFormer, can generate antiviral molecules for multiple target virus proteins, including SARS-CoV-2, that can accelerate the drug discovery process.
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NewsAI plus microbes could unlock higher biogas production for UK
Researchers are using artificial intelligence to develop better microorganism-led processes that efficiently devour products such as food waste, wastewater and animal manure to help boost the UK’s burgeoning green industry.
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OpinionHow AI gives us food for thought
Michael Ukwuru reveals the many ways in which artificial intelligence could address global food safety challenges.
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NewsMicrobes are most important players in storing carbon in soil - by far
Microbes are by far the most important factor in determining how much carbon is stored in the soil, according to a new study with implications for mitigating climate change and improving soil health for agriculture and food production.
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NewsTeam founds AI-powered vaccine library to prevent future pandemics
A research project to develop novel antigen designs will focus on 10 known virus families to build the ‘vaccine library’, using the computer-based Rosetta platform.
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NewsSymbiotic and pathogenic fungi may use similar tools to manipulate plants
Scientists have discovered that remotely related fungi are using a similar group of proteins to manipulate and live within plants.
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NewsAI-found drug may combat drug-resistant infections
Scietntists used a machine-learning algorithm to identify a compound that kills Acinetobacter baumannii, a bacterium that lurks in many hospital settings.
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NewsAI deployed to find promising antibiotic to fight evasive hospital superbug
Scientists have used artificial intelligence to discover a new antibiotic which could be used to fight a deadly, drug-resistant pathogen that strikes vulnerable hospital patients.
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CareersA day in the life of: a metagenomics bioinformatician in a biotech start-up
Marcus Leung reveals what life is like at the crossroads between industry and research as a bioinformatician for Basecamp Research.