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NCI-Funded Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tool Powers Up Spatial Transcriptomics

A new spatial transcriptomics tool, called Spotiphy, can help you visualize gene distribution patterns across entire tissue sections, giving you a more complete picture of the tumor and its microenvironment.

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NCI-Funded Pipeline Applied to Microscopic Images Helps Manage Micronuclei

See how a new AI-driven tool can help you measure micronuclei and similar structures to study their underlying biology, enabling you to more efficiently measure and characterize these tiny structures.

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The Making of a New Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Approach to Head and Neck Cancer

See how NCI-funded researchers built on previous studies to create a new model (called SMuRF) for head and neck cancer. Their model offers a new, more human-like, perspective to assessing head and neck cancer.

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NCI Clinical Trials Get a Boost from Public-Private Partnership

Read about a new collaboration between NCI and a company that develops AI-powered solutions for cancer diagnostics and therapeutics. NCI will be applying these tools to help advance research into personalized treatment for patients with cancer.

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NCI-Supported Study Uses Machine Learning (ML) to Help You Tap into the TCGA

Thanks to this NCI-funded study, you now have a host of top-performing predictive models, data types, and training algorithms to help you better classify your patient samples.

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FusOn-pLM: A Fusion Oncoprotein-Specific Language Model for Predicting Drug-Resistant Mutations

Do you work with fusion oncoproteins? Explore a new protein language model (pLM) that NCI-funded researchers trained on fusion oncoproteins to advance discoveries in fusion-driven cancers!

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Model “SCORPIO” Uses Blood Test to Predict Immunotherapy Benefits

Thanks to a new AI model called “SCORPIO,” you may someday be able to use a simple blood test and routine clinical information to decide which patients will benefit from immunotherapy.

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Machine Learning Model “BATCHIE” Helps Discover Effective Drug Combinations

Screening for the best medication for your patient could be more efficient thanks to a new model called “BATCHIE.” See how machine learning is helping boost precision medicine for cancer.

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Will Experts Use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Making Cancer Treatment Decisions?

Would you use AI to help make decisions about cancer treatment? Check out this recent study on the complex AI-human interaction that’s at play when making decisions about treatment.

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NCI-Funded Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Untangle Nuclear Wrinkles

NCI-funded researchers are applying AI to digital pathology images to better understand cellular features, such as “nuclear wrinkling.” Such extreme wrinkling and folding is a hallmark of cancer.

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