Injury and therapy in a human spinal cord organoid
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Reliability of LLMs as medical assistants for the general public: a randomized preregistered study
The study employed a between-subjects design with three treatment groups and a control. Before the treatment phase, participants…
Griffith researchers on the cusp of new vaccine to prevent chikungunya
Griffith University researchers are on the cusp of a new vaccine to prevent chikungunya, a global health threat…
Scaling medical AI across clinical contexts
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China’s financial powerhouse Shanghai aims for 5% growth, ‘global influence’
China’s economic locomotive Shanghai is aiming for a growth rate of around 5 per cent this year, after…
Bridging behaviour and genomics for tsetse fly control
Tsetse flies (genus Glossina) are the sole biological vectors of African trypanosomes, a group of protozoan parasites that…
Zebrafish can play a decisive role in clinical interpretation of spinal muscular atrophy
The tiny zebrafish is helping researchers rapidly determine whether a newborn’s genetic mutation is likely to cause spinal…
An LLM chatbot to facilitate primary-to-specialist care transitions: a randomized controlled trial
Ethics approval The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College and the local medical ethics…
Holistic evaluation of large language models for medical tasks with MedHELM
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Researchers discover how Mycoplasma pneumoniae acquires cholesterol from human hosts
A multidisciplinary team has uncovered a key mechanism that allows the human bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae-responsible for atypical pneumonia…
Zwitterionic lipid design enhances mRNA cancer vaccine efficacy and reduces reactogenicity
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The expanding landscape of GLP-1 medicines
Drucker, D. J., Philippe, J., Mojsov, S., Chick, W. L. & Habener, J. F. Glucagon-like peptide I stimulates…