Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Shutterstock / Kateryna Kon Artificial intelligence has helped discover a new class of antibiotics that can treat infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria. This could help in the battle against antibiotic resistance, which was responsible for killing more than 1.2 million people in 2019 – a number expected to rise in the … Read more
Medical AIs can diagnose diseases from images such as X-rays, but usually fail to judge when they might be wrong Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank RF/Getty Images A new artificial intelligence system developed by Google can decide when to trust AI-based decisions about medical diagnoses and when to refer to a human doctor for a second … Read more
AI is helping to draft doctor messages Getty Images/Maskot A small but growing number of people in the US are receiving messages from their doctors drafted with the help of artificial intelligence – and some may not even know it. It is the first step in a larger plan to use OpenAI’s large language models … Read more
Doctors in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, operate on a soldier hit by shrapnel Lara Hauser/SOPA Images/Shutterstock Ukranian scientists are developing an artificial intelligence to help triage people with shrapnel injuries sustained during Russia’s invasion, with the aid of UK researchers using 3D printing to replicate the injuries. Kyrylo Smelyakov at the National University of Radio Electronics in … Read more
This wound-monitoring smart patch could one day be used to speed healing in humans – so far it has been tested in mice and rats Wei Gao, California Institute of Technology A stretchy bandage that can monitor wounds, release drugs as needed and perform electrical stimulation has been shown to accelerate healing in rodents. Wei … Read more
A drug-carrying capsule with a motor protects medicines from stomach acid and enzymes before releasing them in the small intestine Technology 28 September 2022 By Alex Wilkins RoboCap in a dish in the lab Shriya Srinivasan/MIT A robotic pill that can propel itself through mucus in the intestine could enable some injection-only drugs, such as … Read more