Next step in light microscopy image improvement

New deep learning architecture enables higher efficiency compared to widely used methods

21-Nov-2024 - It is the computational processing of images that reveals the finest details of a sample placed under all kinds of different light microscopes. Even though this processing has come a long way, there is still room for increasing for example image contrast and resolution. Based on a unique deep ...

Markers in iPSC quality control – a new approach to enhance standardization

“Machine learning is an attractive tool to streamline processes”

12-Nov-2024 - Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have a great potential for scientific and medical applications. They are used in research laboratories to model human diseases, helping to uncover underlying mechanisms and developing new therapies. Additionally, they are being tested in clinical ...

Aignostics secures $34 million Series B to improve precision medicine with AI

Investments will support new product offerings, US expansion, and development of pathology foundation models

05-Nov-2024 - Aignostics, a global artificial intelligence (AI) company that turns complex multi-modal pathology data into transformative insights, announced that it has raised $34 million in Series B financing. This additional funding will be used to build new product offerings for biopharmaceutical clients, ...

A “chemical ChatGPT” for new medications

AI learns chemical connections

25-Oct-2024 - Researchers from the University of Bonn have trained an AI process to predict potential active ingredients with special properties. Therefore, they derived a chemical language model – a kind of ChatGPT for molecules. Following a training phase, the AI was able to exactly reproduce the chemical ...

Generative AI antibody design platform

Antiverse raises £3.5M

21-Oct-2024 - Antiverse, a techbio company designing antibodies for challenging targets, announced it has added £3.5M ($4.6M) to its seed funding. The investment will facilitate the Company’s growth, including appointments to strengthen the team and continued development of its antibody design programmes, many ...

Reducing Herbivore Damage Using Biodiversity Instead of Insecticide

10-Oct-2024 - Pesticides aren’t always necessary: researchers at the University of Zurich have conducted a comprehensive field study showing that damage from herbivores can be reduced by using biodiversity within a plant species. Different plant genotypes can cooperate to help fend off herbivorous ...

Blood Testing for so-called MicroRNAs Can Detect Dementia

German-American research team highlights new diagnostic option for Alzheimer’s

23-Sep-2024 - Dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease and its preliminary stage can be detected by measuring so-called microRNAs in blood. Researchers from DZNE in Göttingen, together with US experts from Boston University and the Indiana University School of Medicine, report on this in the scientific journal ...

Efficiency boost for drug discovery

Insilico Medicine and Inimmune achieved collaboration to revolutionize immunotherapy with AI-driven drug discovery

12-Sep-2024 - Insilico Medicine announced that the company has achieved a groundbreaking collaboration with Inimmune, which will utilize Chemistry42, Insilico's proprietary generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology to accelerate the discovery and development of next-generation ...

€1.3M pre-seed funding for Lucid Genomics

Startup will use funds to fine-tune their AI models for diagnostics and biomarker discovery

05-Sep-2024 - The Berlin-based startup Lucid Genomics, a spin-off from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics and the Institute of Medical Genetics and Human Genetics at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, has raised €1.3 million in pre-seed funding in a funding round led by Caesar Ventures, ...

How much microplastic are you drinking?

New tool can tell you in minutes

29-Aug-2024 - Micro- and nanoplastics are in our food, water and the air we breathe. They are showing up in our bodies, from testicles to brain matter. Now, University of British Columbiaresearchers have developed a low-cost, portable tool to accurately measure plastic released from everyday sources like ...