Friday, May 9, 2025

Health Technology

From Canopy Images to Organ-Level Disease Assessments: A Scalable Approach to Measure Quantitative Resistance in the Field

AbstractBreeding for quantitative, polygenic resistance is widely considered the most durable, cost-effective, and environmentally safe approach to crop disease control. However, progress in resistance...

Insights into endometriosis symptom trajectories and assessment of surgical intervention outcomes using longitudinal actigraphy

Study designParticipants were recruited from gynecology out-patient departments and endometriosis service, including those on waiting lists for surgery. Inclusion criteria were defined as follows:...

How Can Robotic Telesurgery Advance?

  Solving the Connectivity Needs of Robotic Telesurgery Robotic telesurgery is best suited for soft-tissue procedures, including kidney, prostate, liver and lung surgeries, says urologic surgeon...

Healthcare AI adoption up, but data and integration challenges persist

Seventy percent of healthcare payers and providers are actively implementing generative AI technologies, moving beyond experimental use cases into enterprise-wide deployment. That's according to the...

Mitochondrial translation termination, recycling, reinitiation, and rescue for in-frame and out-of-frame contexts

AbstractBecause mitochondria diverged from a bacterial ancestor during evolution, the mitochondrial protein synthesis system includes both mRNAs and translation factors with unique characteristics. However,...

Rapidly evolving orphan immunity genes protect human gut bacteria from intoxication by the type VI secretion system

AbstractBacteria encode diverse mechanisms for mediating interbacterial antagonism through the exchange of toxic effector proteins. Although the structure, function, and regulation of these pathways...

Small language models learn enhanced reasoning skills from medical textbooks

The healthcare and medical fields are highly complex, requiring in-depth expertise and knowledge. Despite the growing demand for healthcare services, a significant gap persists...