The NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) programme is accepting applications to their new researcher and clinician-led THRIVE (Translate Healthcare Research through InnoVation and Entrepreneurship) funding and training opportunity.
THRIVE aims to accelerate the translation of healthcare innovations tackling health inequalities from bench to bed, speed up patient benefit and concurrently expand the entrepreneurial mindset of researchers and clinicians.
A study suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) showed comparable performance to dermatologists in detecting melanoma, with similar sensitivity and specificity in prospective clinical studies.
Experts often consider melanoma to be the most serious type of skin cancer due to the likelihood of metastasizing.
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The further Apple dives into medical technology, the more it will have to deal with regulators. Now, the App Store will label apps that meet select criteria for medical devices in the US, EU, and UK.
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