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·January 4, 2021·5 min read

Using Artificial Intelligence to Find New Uses for Existing Medications

A new machine-learning algorithm is assisting researchers to determine which existing drugs can be repurposed effectively for other conditions.

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·July 28, 2020·4 min read

Using Artificial Intelligence to Smell the Roses

New artificial intelligence technology can accurately predict how any chemical is going to smell to humans.

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·April 30, 2023·5 min read

Using Artificial Intelligence to Speed up Discovery of New Drugs

Experts see a bright future in the complementary use of artificial intelligence (AI) and structure-based drug discovery for drug discovery. Researchers explain how computational methods will streamline drug discovery by predicting which drug molecules are most likely to bind with the target receptor. The structure-based and AI-based approaches complement each other and can save time and money while yielding better results than traditional trial-and-error methods.

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·February 1, 2022·4 min read

Using Deep Learning to Find Genetic Causes of Mental Health Disorders in an Understudied Population

A new deep learning algorithm that looks for the burden of genomic variants is 70% accurate at identifying specific mental health disorders within the African-American community.

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·March 17, 2021·3 min read

Using Facial Analysis Algorithm to Track Changes Due to Parkinson’s Disease

While Parkinson's disease is known to generally affect motor function, there is a range of other symptoms associated with the neurodegenerative disease. Some additional symptoms include changes to the skin on the face and problems forming facial expressions. A new AI system is able to detect subtle changes in facial attributes associated with Parkinson's disease.

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·March 12, 2020·4 min read

Using machine learning to analyze whole brain vasculature

Combining advance microscopy techniques and artificial intelligence, researchers reconstruct the entire vascular network of a mouse brain down to its finest details.

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·January 16, 2023·3 min read

Using Machine Learning to Predict Brain Tumor Progression

Combining machine learning technology with neuroimaging data, clinicians will be better able to fully analyze a patient's glioblastoma brain tumor and predict cancer progression.

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·March 28, 2023·7 min read

Using Virtual Reality to Investigate Autism’s Neural Network Dynamics

Combining novel virtual reality imaging with machine learning, researchers were able to accurately detect mouse models of ASD compared to wild-type mice based on cortical functional network dynamics while the animal was in motion.

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·May 11, 2018·3 min read

Video of Moving Discs Reconstructed From Rat Retinal Neural Signals

Researchers have successfully reconstructed a short movie of randomly moving discs produced by rat retinal neurons, with the help of machine learning technology.

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·June 21, 2018·10 min read

Viral Connection to Alzheimer’s: Herpes Virus Implicated in Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers provide evidence that certain species of human herpesvirus contribute to the development of Alzheimer's disease. The study reports high levels of human herpesvirus 6A and 7 were found in brain samples showing signs of Alzheimer's neuropathology. The findings offer hints of the viral mechanisms that could trigger or exacerbate AD.

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·March 19, 2018·7 min read

We Can Read Each Other’s Emotions From Subtle Changes in Facial Color

Researchers reveal people are able to correctly identify, with 75% accuracy, expressions of emotion in others based on subtle changes in color around the nose, eyebrows and chin.