Healthtech

New AI approach optimizes development of antibody drugs

New AI approach optimizes development of antibody drugs

The method, which combines a ChatGPT-like large language model with information about a protein’s 3D shape, could make it easier and faster to develop better medicines for infectious diseases, cancer, and other conditions Proteins have evolved to excel at everything from contracting muscles to digesting food to recognizing viruses. To engineer better proteins, including antibodies,…
Using artificial intelligence to bring doctors into patients’ homes

Using artificial intelligence to bring doctors into patients’ homes

A new technology using advanced artificial intelligence algorithms enables remote patient monitoring with simple household medical devices The ability to monitor patients at home is critical for future healthcare systems, which will be increasingly burdened by ageing populations. Traditional remote patient monitoring is complicated and onerous however, often involving painful integrations with various medical devices.…
The Future of Healthcare Fits on Your Wrist

The Future of Healthcare Fits on Your Wrist

Experts Foresee Explosive Growth in Healthcare With AI-powered Wearables Dr. Hon Pak, SVP and Head of Digital Health Team, MX Business at Samsung Electronics sat down with Samsung Health Advisory Board members in early spring 2024 at the Samsung Medical Center in Seoul to discuss the future of health and how wearables powered by AI…
Imagining virtual reality as a simple tool to treat depression  

Imagining virtual reality as a simple tool to treat depression  

Some of the 17 million Americans afflicted with major depressive disorder each year may soon receive a surprising new prescription from their clinician: Have fun on a virtual reality device Engaging in activities that make you feel good may seem like overly simplistic advice, especially when directed at people with severe depression. But the science…
For diabetes patients, needle-free insulin injections are on the way

For diabetes patients, needle-free insulin injections are on the way

Professor David Fernandez Rivas, a bioengineer at the University of Twente, leads the team developing a method to deliver insulin using compression. The team is refining the technology in the hopes of turning it into a reality. Lee Calladine pricks his skin with a needle up to eight times a day to give himself an…
MIT engineers design a robotic replica of the heart’s right chamber

MIT engineers design a robotic replica of the heart’s right chamber

The realistic model could aid the development of better heart implants and shed light on understudied heart disorders MIT engineers have developed a robotic replica of the heart’s right ventricle, which mimics the beating and blood-pumping action of live hearts. The robo-ventricle combines real heart tissue with synthetic, balloon-like artificial muscles that enable scientists to…