Editor's note: This article has been updated with a comment from the NIH.
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have developed an artificial intelligence tool that predicts whether a patient will respond to cancer-treatment drugs using individual tumor cells, according to a study published in Nature Cancer.
Traditional approaches to...
Medical technology firm Hologic has been granted clearance from the FDA to market its Genius Digital Diagnostics System, powered by the company's Genius Cervical AI algorithm.
The digital cytology system – a medical diagnostic tool used to examine cells under a microscope to detect abnormalities or diseases – integrates deep learning-based AI with advanced volumetric imaging technology to aid in...
Duopharma Biotech, one of Malaysia's biggest pharmaceutical companies, has committed to expanding access to a mobile breast cancer screening device at the community level.
It has signed a distribution deal with the Malaysian unit of US-based femtech company UE LifeSciences to make the iBreastExam device available in primary care clinics across the country.
iBreastExam is a hand-held, radiation-...
Saudi Arabia's Seha Virtual Hospital, touted as the largest virtual hospital in the world, has chosen South Korean medical AI company Lunit to deliver AI solutions to support the kingdom's national cancer and tuberculosis screening programme.
Launched in 2022, Seha Virtual Hospital is a key piece of healthcare innovation under "Saudi Vision 2030." The hospital is providing medical services to...
AI startup FathomX from Singapore has raised SG$2.24 million ($1.6 million) from an undisclosed investor in the lead-up to its Series A funding round.
This follows its seed funding round in April last year where it raised SG$500,000 (over $350,000).
WHAT IT DOES
A spin-off from the National University of Singapore and the National University Health System, FathomX offers an AI-powered...
harrison.ai, Sonic Healthcare launch pathology AI joint venture
Healthcare AI startup harrison.ai and ASX-listed diagnostics provider Sonic Healthcare have set up a joint venture namedfranklin.ai.
Based on a media release, franklin.ai will develop and provide pathologists with AI-powered support tools to improve diagnosis accuracy and efficiency.
The venture will be led by harrison.ai's former...
Karkinos Healthcare, a technology-driven cancer care platform in India, has entered into a strategic partnership with American oncology diagnostics firm C2i Genomics to promote AI-enabled cancer monitoring in the country.
According to a press statement, their partnership will expand minimal residual disease (MRD) monitoring across Karkinos' network using C2i Genomics' whole-genome analysis...
Perth-based medical device firm OncoRes Medical has bagged $12.5 million in funding to support its upcoming clinical trials.
It recently scored $9.5 million in a Series A2 funding co-led by VC Brandon Capital and Future of Healthcare Fund by Australian Unity. A separate $3 million funding was secured from the Round 12 grant of the Cooperative Research Centres Projects of AusIndustry, the business...
Intellect offers free mental healthcare access to health workers in Singapore
Mental health startup Intellect has extended free three-month premium access to its mobile app for healthcare workers in Singapore.
CEO and co-founder Theodoric Chew said in a statement that this is their way of giving back to the "healthcare heroes" who have been swamped due to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases. This...
Indian digital health startup MFine has launched a cancer screening feature on its app in partnership with oncology research and solutions provider Datar Cancer Genetics.
MFine users can now book a range of cancer diagnostic tests from Datar's EasyCheck.
EasyCheck is a non-invasive, radiation-free test for early cancer detection. It has three types of test: EasyCheck360 detects cancer from...
