Health informatics

AI camera could help doctors identify serious infections

It might soon be possible to measure a patient's pulse, breathing, and blood pressure simply by scanning their face. This technology could offer a future tool for quickly assessing the severity of acute infection and other ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Osteoarthritis: Unveiling complex mechanisms and immune influences

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), this musculoskeletal disorder affects approximately 1.71 billion people globally. Osteoarthritis is a condition where cartilage gradually breaks down, and joint bones are ...

Oncology & Cancer

Better cancer diagnosis thanks to digital 3D images

It all started with an innocuous question at the start of Francesca Catto's doctoral thesis: Wouldn't it be nice if tissue samples could be colored and digitally displayed as a 3D image? For more than 100 years, histology, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

An artificial muscle to study Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common muscular dystrophy diagnosed in childhood, with approximately 20,000 new cases reported each year. It is a progressive muscle disorder that results in the loss of muscle ...

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