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Posted: 01 april 2025

AbbVie, J&J to add proprietary data to AI protein model in bid to accelerate drug discovery

Life sciences data company Apheris on Thursday announced an effort to boost the capabilities of protein AI models by uniting several pharmaceutical companies’ proprietary data. Apheris’ consortium of pharma companies is partnering with OpenFold3 — Columbia professor Mohammed AlQuraishi’s open-source dupe of AlphaFold3 — to train…

AI and health care: risk and our imagination shouldn’t hold us back

The NHS faces unprecedented challenges, from patient dissatisfaction and workforce shortages to outdated infrastructure. Change is no longer optional – it is a necessity. AI, particularly generative AI (or even artificial general intelligence (AGI) in the future), presents a powerful opportunity…

Using AI to diagnose coeliac disease

A machine learning algorithm developed by Cambridge scientists was able to correctly identify in 97 cases out of 100 whether or not an individual had coeliac disease based on their biopsy, new research has shown. Read more here.

AI meets oncology: New model personalizes bladder cancer treatment

Leveraging the power of AI and machine learning technologies, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine developed a more effective model for predicting how patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer will respond to chemotherapy. Read more here.

How this AI note-taker gives your doctor more time for actual doctoring

Abridge’s AI platform turns patient visits into notes and billing codes—giving doctors back precious time with patients. Most clinicians report spending almost two hours a day after their offices close on typing up the notes and records necessary for treatment plans…

UK entrepreneurs gain competitive edge from AI adoption

Over one in four (28%) British small business owners have used AI tools to help run their business. AI tools are enhancing productivity, with entrepreneurs utilising them to automate time-intensive jobs. Copywriting (70%), summarising information (51%), and content creation (40%)…

'Gemini for the United Kingdom': Google Cloud Announces AI Products, Skills Initiatives, and Startup Credits for Organisations Across the UK

Google Cloud announced new AI products, as well as initiatives and skills training for the United Kingdom at an exclusive "Gemini for the United Kingdom" event held at Google DeepMind's London headquarters. The event reinforced Google Cloud's long-term dedication to the UK, highlighted by its $1 billion investment in…

Four key AI skills anyone can learn

Whether we like it or not, artificial intelligence is changing the way we work. Having some proficiency in AI is becoming an essential tool for workers and job seekers alike – who are relying on the technology to generate ideas,…

Why the UK’s new AI action plan could drive progress in accelerator science

AI can play a role in optimising accelerator designs and improving medical imaging, says a leading accelerator scientist who backs Liverpool to become a new ‘AI Growth Zone’ Read more here.

Should health care providers tell patients they are using AI?

Researchers from Duke University surveyed over 1,400 patients on the health system’s patient advisory committee about how much they liked various patient portal messages, which were either AI-drafted or human-drafted. The messages came with either the disclosure that the message…

NHS Innovation Accelerator Announces 2025 Fellows

The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) is delighted to announce its 2025 intake – 28 exceptional health and social care innovators, ready to support the NHS in the areas that make the biggest difference to patients. Read more here.

Invention for Innovation i4i THRIVE - April 2025

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…

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