Researchers at DeepMind propose a new technique that automatically discovers a reinforcement learning algorithm from scratch.…
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Oxford coronavirus vaccine triggers immune response
Trials involving 1,077 people showed injection led to them making antibodies and t-cells that can fight…
High-accuracy prostate cancer pathology using deep learning
Deep learning methods can be a powerful part of digital pathology workflows, provided well-annotated training datasets…
If the coronavirus is really airborne, we might be fighting it the wrong way
Airborne transmission would mean there are certain solutions we really need to focus on. Read more…
30-year-old dies after Texas ‘COVID party,’ thought coronavirus was a hoax
“He said to his nurse was, ‘I think I made a mistake.'” Read more at ABC7…
First precise edits to mitochondrial DNA achieved with weird enzyme
Feat enables researchers to study — and perhaps treat — deadly diseases. Read more…
The Tricky Math of Herd Immunity for COVID-19
The outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic begins to slow (and eventually ceases altogether) because enough people…
Was Coronavirus Really in Europe in March 2019? | RealClearScience
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 may have been in Europe for longer than previously thought.…
New tools to prevent cancer growth and spread: a ‘Clever’ approach
The immune landscape of cancer. Nature 360, 23 (1992). Cas pubmed google scholar 3. Thorsson, v.…
Satellites documented COVID-19’s impact from space
A new dashboard monitors the pandemic’s economic and environmental effects. Read more at The Verge…
Graph shows stark difference in US and EU responses to Covid-19 – CNN Video
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta uses a graph to compare new Covid-19 reported case numbers for the…
The Covid-19 Catastrophe; Covid-19: The Pandemic That Never Should Have Happened – review
A government press briefing on Coronavirus revealed he was ‘extremely well prepared’ for an outbreak of…
Personalised cancer vaccine ‘activates immune system’ in early trials
Personalised vaccines have shown ‘promising signs’ in early clinical trials of patients with advanced cancers. Researchers…
A noncompeting pair of human neutralizing antibodies block COVID-19 virus binding to its receptor ACE2
Antibodies are neutralizing, meaning that they prevent the virus from being infectious, and can thus be…
Common Steroid Drug Shows Lifesaving Results In Large Coronavirus Trial
Dexamethasone was found to reduce the odds of death in patients with severe covid-19. In a…
The FDA just approved the first prescription video game — it’s for kids with ADHD
EndeavorRX, formerly Project EVO, may go down in history. Read more at The Verge…
PENet—a scalable deep-learning model for automated diagnosis of pulmonary embolism using volumetric CT imaging
The gold standard diagnostic modality for pe is computed tomography. A need for automated pe diagnosis…
Study: Dominant form of virus ‘10 times’ more infectious than original strain
“Researchers say mutation in Wuhan virus gave it sturdier spikes to latch onto cells, with lab…
Are viruses alive? Perhaps we’re asking the wrong question
We don’t fully understand viruses, and we’re still trying to understand life. Read more at The…
Scientists Just Created Artificial Red Blood Cells That May Be Even Better Than The Real Thing
Thanks to rapid advances in technology, prosthetic limbs and artificial organs are pushing past the limits…