Posts published by our team between Apri 20, 2020 and April 26, 2020:
April 20: Wuhan Huangpi People’s Hospital: An AI Framework to detect COVID-19 Using Chest CT
Scientists used retrospective data (data from past patient cases) to develop an AI framework that can screen chest CT images for possible signs of COVID19. This tool can be used as an effective aid to radiologists when it comes to diagnosing COVID19 from chest CTs.
April 22: Sidebar: Meet Your Tiny Internal Infantry
Learn about the difference between ‘innate’ and ‘adaptive’ immunity and the difference between ‘myeloid’ and ‘lymphoid’ cells in this, the first of our immunology sidebar series
April 24: UCSF and Mammoth Biosciences: A rapid, CRISPR-based test for SARS-CoV-2
A collaboration between scientists at UCSF and Mammoth Biosciences lead to the development of a test that can detect SARS-CoV-2 infection in as little as 40 minutes. Their method involves CRISPR-Cas12 and RT-LAMP and offers a quick, point-of-care, easily interpretable test.
