AI-based analysis system for the diagnosis of breast cancer

For the first time, morphological, molecular and histological data are integrated in a single analysis

12-Mar-2021 - Researchers at TU Berlin and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin as well as the University of Oslo have developed a new tissue-section analysis system for diagnosing breast cancer based on artificial intelligence (AI). Two further developments make this system unique: For the first time, ...

New model developed to study inflammatory bowel disease in human biopsy samples

04-Nov-2016 - Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a complex condition that requires a lifetime of care and increases a person's cancer risk. But its origins are still a mystery. Now, a team of researchers have created a new culture model of the human intestine where living tissue from a patient biopsy can be ...

Earlier unknown molecular-level mechanism may contribute to the growth rate of breast cancer

21-Oct-2014 - Researchers at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the University of Turku and the University of Oslo have discovered a previously unknown molecular-level mechanism that may partly explain the increased growth of cancer cells. The study, published in the British Journal of Cancer, showed ...

European collaborative research to develop lab-on-chip system for cheap and fast cancer diagnosis

03-Sep-2010 - At the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC) in Buenos Aires (Argentina), imec and its project partners announce the launch of the European Seventh Framework Project MIRACLE. The MIRACLE project aims at developing an operational lab-on-chip for the isolation and detection of ...

Norwegian Team Completes Cod Genome

02-Nov-2009 - Scientist from a consortium of Norwegian marine and aquaculture institutions announced that they have generated the first ever draft sequence and assembly of the Atlantic cod genome. The results, presented at the GenoFisk meeting in Oslo, Norway, include a high-quality genome assembly and ...