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NCI-Funded Researchers Develop Transformer Model to Decipher Whole Slide Images

NCI-funded researchers developed a new model called “SEQUOIA” that’s helping capture detailed data from whole slide images. See how this technology could someday be the solution to better biopsies.

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FastGlioma Offers a Look at What NCI Funding is Doing for Cancer Care

Explore a new artificial intelligence model for detecting gliomas in tissue samples during brain surgeries.

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Podcast Covers NCI’s Support for Women via AI Startups

Listen to how NCI’s Small Business Innovation Research program is funding technology to enhance breast cancer detection and prevention.

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NCI-Funded Tool Helps to Advance Neoantigen Therapies

Whether you’re researching a neoantigen, or looking to identify new therapeutic candidates, there’s a new NCI-funded tool, called “pVACview,” that may be able to help.

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Machine Learning Identifies Clonal Hematopoiesis Driver Mutations

Learn how researchers used machine learning models to identify the specific genetic mutations that trigger clonal hematopoiesis. In this condition, mutated hematopoietic stem cells multiply more rapidly, increasing the risk of blood cancers.

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New Insight on Cancer Development and Treatment Resistance from HTAN Publications

Read this recently released collection of 13 studies to learn more about NCI’s Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN). You’ll gain insights into tumor development, progression, and treatment responses through advanced research methodologies and 3D tumor atlases.

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NCI-Funded Researchers Test Platform to Help Reveal Non-Coding Genes Involved in Cancer

NCI-funded researchers are testing a new platform that blends statistical and deep learning models, giving you a fuller picture of the variants driving cancer progression.

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DREAM Challenge Benchmarks Approaches for Deciphering Bulk Genetic Cancer Data

Deciphering bulk data is challenging. See how a recent DREAM challenge is helping researchers benchmark bioinformatics and data science approaches for unraveling bulk genetic cancer data.

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Data Science Funding Opportunity: Administrative Supplement for Research and Capacity Building Efforts Related to Bioethical Issues

Are you interested in the bioethics of cancer data science or data sharing? This opportunity may fund your research or project to help expand NCI’s research and capacity for bioethics issues.

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NCI-Funded Algorithm Helps Track Down Coding and Non-Coding Cancer-Causing Genes

Are you investigating structural variations underlying cancer-causing genes? NCI-funded researchers are testing a new algorithm that could help you track down both coding and non-coding cancer-causing genes.

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