This Computer Program Detects Cancer Earlier Than Ever—Without Surgery

Originally shared by Wasim Muklashy

This Computer Program Detects Cancer Earlier Than Ever—Without Surgery

"Cancer is often found when someone starts to feel symptoms—pain, an abnormal growth, or maybe just fatigue. Now scientists have developed a computer program that could identify and locate cancer even before symptoms arise, opening the door for earlier screening and better treatment.

The program, called CancerLocator, detects tumor DNA in patient blood samples, and precisely pinpoints where the tumor is located in the body. In a small pilot study, it successfully diagnosed liver, lung, and breast cancer in 80 percent of cases, giving researchers hope that the program could eventually be used as part of regular health checks, eliminating the need for invasive biopsies..."

#future = #health #medicine #wellness #tech #innovation #science #design #biotech #biology #singularity #engineering #ai #artificialintelligence #robots #automation
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/this-computer-program-detects-cancer-earlier-than-everwithout-surgery1

Good Bacteria vs.

Originally shared by Science ABC

Good Bacteria vs. Bad Bacteria: How #Bacteria Can Be Healthy Too! : https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/good-bad-gut-bacteria-human-body-probiotics-healthy.html #science
https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/good-bad-gut-bacteria-human-body-probiotics-healthy.html

How long a research paper needs to be?

Originally shared by Atanas Georgiev Atanasov

How long a research paper needs to be?

"The paper that first announced the double helical structure of DNA made Watson and Crick household names, earned them a share of a Nobel Prize and has since been cited 5,300 times. The entire article took up just a single page of A4 with one small illustration."

http://blog.f1000research.com/2015/02/03/a-short-post-on-a-short-article/#sthash.q3IyHPhP.dpuf …

http://f1000research.com/articles/4-26?utm_source=AuthorEmail&utm_campaign=ArticleIndexed&utm_medium=Social …

#science #research #scicomm

The graphic below is from an article by Compound Interest on the various types of scientific evidence.

Originally shared by Robert Woodman

The graphic below is from an article by Compound Interest on the various types of scientific evidence. I came across this post first in the Science on Google+ community where it was posted by Gianmario Scotti (thank you!). The evidence is arranged from weakest (top) to strongest (bottom). As Gianmario correctly pointed out, it appears to be biased towards medical/clinical science, but (a) it is a "a rough guide," and (b) it is a helpful starting point to discussing acceptable types of scientific evidence.


#science   #evidence  
http://www.compoundchem.com/2015/04/09/scientific-evidence/

"The top 100 papers" : the journal Nature explores the most-cited research of all time.

Originally shared by Atanas Georgiev Atanasov

"The top 100 papers" : the journal Nature explores the most-cited research of all time.
http://www.tsu.co/Atanas/26550002
#research   #science   #publishing   #stem