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  • Artificial Intelligence and Twitter Could Be Used to Detect Early Signs of Mental Disorders, Says Research

    Work is underway to create anxiety and depression prediction models, using artificial intelligence (AI) and Twitter, one of the world’s largest social media platforms, that could detect signs of these illnesses before clinical diagnosis, according to researchers. Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil said that preliminary findings from the model suggested […] More

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    Purified curcumin can preserve and enhance probiotic yogurt as an alternative to artificial additives: Study

    Purified curcumin can preserve and enhance probiotic yogurt as an alternative to artificial additives: Study

    Curcumin is a naturally-occurring chemical that provides the yellow colour in turmeric. Studies have shown that it has anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative properties, that it can inhibit the growth of bacteria and fungi, and may be able to boost the immune system. Researchers have succeeded for the first time in adding a highly purified form of […] More

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    Artificial kidney for early detection of drug toxicity developed

    Recently, a research team from POSTECH has engineered an artificial kidney that allows for the early detection of adverse drug reactions. The POSTECH research team led by Professor Dong-Woo Cho and Professor Jinah Jang (Department of Mechanical Engineering) fabricated a glomerular microvessel-on-a-chip, which includes glomerular endothelial cells, podocyte layers, and a glomerular basement membrane (GBM) […] More

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    Medtronic, Qure.ai collaborate to integrate artificial intelligence for advanced stroke management in India

    Mumbai: India Medtronic Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Medtronic plc has announced a partnership with Qure.ai to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) for advanced stroke management in India. The partnership combines Medtronic’s leadership in neurosciences with Qure’s AI enabled innovations. “The collaboration aims to provide AI solution to comprehensive stroke centers as well as […] More

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    EzriCare Artificial Tears: Indian Eye Drops Causing Severe Drug-Resistant Bacterial Infection In US, Experts Warn of Symptoms

    The United States (US) has been put on high alert after experts detected the massive spread of a highly drug-resistant bacteria. According to the reports, the source of this bacterial spread has been linked to eye drops imported from India. At least, 3 deaths, eight cases of blindness and dozens of infections have been traced […] More

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    Researchers develop an artificial kidney for early detection of adverse drug reactions

    USA: A research team from POSTECH have developed an artificial kidney that allows for the early detection of adverse drug reactions. The findings from their research paper were published in Biofabrication on 13 January 2023.  The POSTECH research team led by Professor Dong-Woo Cho and Professor Jinah Jang (Department of Mechanical Engineering) fabricated a glomerular […] More