MedTech Talks: “Hello AI, what is wrong with my patient?”
A sneak peek into MiRXES and miRNA
In 2014, MiRXES was founded as a 3-person spin-off from Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR). Five years later, their flagship product GASTROClear was approved for early detection of gastric cancer (screening) – now widely used in...
AlphaFold by DeepMind
The creation of an artificial intelligence network developed by DeepMind, an AI company owned by Google, has resolved one of life science's biggest mysteries. The program, named AlphaFold, has the ability to determine the structure of a protein from its amino acid...
Women in MedTech Conference
MedTech UCL offers a conference titled Women in MedTech each year, aimed to increase diversity and highlight leaders in the medical technology field. We invite speakers of diverse backgrounds and inspiring achievements to discuss real-world solutions and challenges...
The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
AI and Ethics by Toby Walsh: https://www.ted.com/talks/toby_walsh_ai_and_ethics To begin, what is an AI code of ethics? The Asilomar AI Principles are a set of 23 standards for artificial intelligence research and development (AI), organised into three sections:...
What is Artificial Intelligence?
Is it not magical how Siri on your phone listens to your voice, talks to you, and helps you out? Or have you ever wondered how your phone recognises people in pictures? Or maybe how Netflix gives you spot on recommendations for the next binge-watch-worthy tv show? The...
From Boardroom to Bedside: How does New Tech make it into the world of Healthcare
Above is a quick map of the phases of Medical Device Development from Understanding the 5 Phases of Medical Device Development. Below I’ve outlined a brief summary: Phase 1 - Planning, Research and Funding In Phase 1, after formulating the initial idea, it is crucial...
Ai, Machine Learning and Deep Learning; what’s the difference (Tl;Dr)
Artificial Intelligence is the broad theme that encompasses all tasks carried out by a computer usually done by a human and thus “intelligent”, this range includes everything under the sun from your phone telling you what the weather is to self-driving cars. Machine...
Ai in Medicine Examples and Glossary
How is Artificial Intelligence (AI) used in Medicine currently? The use of Artificial Intelligence in medicine has steadily increased in the past decade. With the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products regulatory...
‘It will change everything’: DeepMind’s AI makes gigantic leap in solving protein structures
Nature | Nov 2021 Google’s deep-learning program for determining the 3D shapes of proteins stands to transform biology, say scientists. An artificial intelligence (AI) network developed by Google AI offshoot DeepMind has made a...