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Artificial intelligence used to detect cancer

15-Jan-2016

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Researchers trained algorithm to recognise specific cell of interest.

Also determines a cell’s age which may determine suitable treatment.

Avoids the use of fluorescent stains which alter the cell’s behaviour.

Speeds up analysis from 10s per hour manually to 1000s per hour.

The study was published in the Nature Communications journal.

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College of Engineering, Swansea University

Swansea University’s College of Engineering.

Fabian Theis

Computational biologist at Helmholtz Zentrum München.

Harvard University

Private Ivy League research university in Massachusetts

Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)

The Helmholtz Zentrum München is the German research center for health and the environment

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Private land-grant research university

Nature Communications

Journal covering all topics in physics, chemistry, and biology.

Newcastle University

Public world-class research-intensive University based in the North East of England

Paul Rees

Associate Professor of Public Health, Policy and Social Sciences at Swansea University.

The Francis Crick Institute

Biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the biology underlying health and disease

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