News tagged with computational tools


Technique finds software bugs in surgical robots and helps developers fix flaws, ensure safety

Surgical robots could make some types of surgery safer and more effective, but proving that the software controlling these machines works as intended is problematic. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the Johns ...

Surgery created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Comparing mouse and human immune systems: Few differences charted in map to translate mouse findings to humans

(Medical Xpress)—It is a familiar note struck when authors conclude their reports on experiments conducted in mouse models: They suggest caution when translating their findings from mouse to human. A variation ...

Medical research created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Virtual learning iPad app to help train future neurosurgeons

A new mobile 'app', downloadable free of charge, will assist with the training of future neurosurgeons, and is just one of a stream of programmes being developed, adapting visual computing and three dimensional ...

Surgery created Jan 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Computational medicine enhances way doctors detect, treat disease

Computational medicine, a fast-growing method of using computer models and sophisticated software to figure out how disease develops—and how to thwart it—has begun to leap off the drawing board and land in the hands of ...

Medical research created Nov 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Statistical method will analyze important, poorly studied areas of human genome

(Medical Xpress)—Each year, more and more pieces of the human genome puzzle fall into place, but large holes still remain. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison hope to fill in many more pieces ...

Genetics created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Georgia Tech creating high-tech tools to study autism

Researchers in Georgia Tech's Center for Behavior Imaging have developed two new technological tools that automatically measure relevant behaviors of children, and promise to have significant impact on the ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists map the genomic blueprint of the heart

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have revealed the precise order and timing of hundreds of genetic "switches" required to construct a fully functional heart from embryonic heart cells—providing new ...

Medical research created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Computer simulations could lead to better cardiac pump for children with heart defects

Structural and mechanical engineers at the University of California, San Diego, are working together to create blood flow simulations that could lead to improvements in the design of a cardiac pump for children ...

Cardiology created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mathematical modelling to tackle metabolic diseases

Predictive mathematical models of signalling pathways are powerful biological tools that could be used for drug development. Using a similar approach, European scientists developed a computational model for ...

Medical research created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Helping kids describe cancer symptoms through cartoons and digital technology

How are you sleeping? Any nausea? How about pain? Monitoring symptoms is an important part of cancer care, as it guides treatment decisions.

Health created Aug 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New statistical method provides way to analyze synchronized neural activity in animals

Researchers from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute have developed a new method of statistical analysis that can estimate the extent to which the activity of multiple neurons is group-wise synchronized.

Neuroscience created Aug 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Google goes cancer: Researchers use search engine algorithm to find cancer biomarkers

The strategy used by Google to decide which pages are relevant for a search query can also be used to determine which proteins in a patient's cancer are relevant for the disease progression. Researchers from Dresden University ...

Cancer created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists uncover strong support for once-marginalized theory on Parkinson's disease

University of California, San Diego scientists have used powerful computational tools and laboratory tests to discover new support for a once-marginalized theory about the underlying cause of Parkinson's disease.

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Georgia Tech develops software for the rapid analysis of foodborne pathogens

2011 brought two of the deadliest bacterial outbreaks the world has seen during the last 25 years. The two epidemics accounted for more than 4,200 cases of infectious disease and 80 deaths. Software developed at Georgia Tech ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

CMU will tap advanced computer methods to help doctors make sense of their patients' DNA

Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University say advanced computational tools will be the key to a new research project that, if successful, could enable doctors to routinely use information extracted from a patient's DNA to ...

Genetics created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0