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MouseAGE is working to develop the first photographic biomarker of aging in mice to help validate potential anti-aging interventions, save animal lives, and greatly speed up the pace of longevity research.

To create it we will harness the power of an area of artificial intelligence called Machine Learning, and in particular Deep Learning.

Machine Learning, where a computer system can train itself to become better at a task without explicit programming, has already showed great performance in areas such as human facial recognition, autonomous driving, medical image processing, recommendation engines and many others. While these results are powerful, building up the necessary Neural Networks, or algorithms inspired by the human brain, requires a large dataset of images to use for training: thousands of them.

Due to this, the first stage of the project will be to build a simple instrument for data collection, implemented in a mobile application. This will be distributed among numerous mouse breeding facilities and research universities all over the world to rapidly collect and properly annotate image data for analysis.

A new surgical glue can seal wounds in just 60 seconds

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in biotech/medical

Oct 7
2017

No more staples.

A novel textile material that keeps itself germ-free

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in biotech/medical, materials

Oct 6
2017

Scientists have developed a novel weapon in the battle against deadly hospital-acquired infections — a textile that disinfects itself.

And independent tests show it can reduce bacteria levels by more than 90 per cent.

By incorporating the specially-engineered textile in a device designed to be used on hospital doors instead of the traditional aluminium door plate, that part of the door that people push to open it — they aim to bolster hand hygiene.

These dental fillings could allow your teeth to heal themselves

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in biotech/medical

Oct 6
2017

This method is easier for physicians and saving lives for patients

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in biotech/medical

Oct 6
2017

A New Cell Therapy Successfully Restored Movement in Paralyzed Patients

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in biotech/medical

Oct 6
2017

A new cell therapy study found that of six people paralyzed or without motor function, four recovered two or more motor levels on one side of their body.

Smart bandage could promote better, faster healing

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in biotech/medical, mobile phones

Oct 6
2017

Researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Harvard Medical School and MIT have designed a smart bandage that could eventually heal chronic wounds or battlefield injuries with every fiber of its being.

The bandage consists of electrically conductive fibers coated in a gel that can be individually loaded with infection-fighting antibiotics, tissue-regenerating growth factors, painkillers or other medications.

A microcontroller no larger than a postage stamp, which could be triggered by a smartphone or other wireless device, sends small amounts of voltage through a chosen fiber. That voltage heats the fiber and its hydrogel, releasing whatever cargo it contains.