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Patient’s Story Puts National Spotlight on Cancer Clinical Trials

Penn Medicine

Both Kate Korson and her mother Marcy are part of the Abramson Cancer Center’s long legacy of clinical research. Kate recently shared her clinical trial experience with a national audience on Good Morning America.

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Gen AI for the Genome: LLM Predicts Characteristics of COVID Variants

NVIDIA: Healthcare

A widely acclaimed large language model for genomic data has demonstrated its ability to generate gene sequences that closely resemble real-world variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19. Called GenSLMs, the model, which last year won the Gordon Bell special prize for high performance computing-based COVID-19 research, was trained on a dataset of nucleotide sequences — the building blocks of DNA and RNA.

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Alternatives in Case of Propofol Shortage

Radius Anesthesia

Over the past couple of decades, drug shortages have become a relatively common occurrence in clinical settings. According to an American Hospital Association (AHA) survey of community hospitals, nearly 50% of responding hospitals reported at least 21 drug shortages within the first 6 months of 2011, and more than 99% of hospitals reported at least 1 drug shortage within the same time period.

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Multi-Tasking Tips for the Academic Surgeon

AAS

When I started medical school, I believed it was the busiest time of my life and dreamed of beginning residency, hoping that things would improve as I settled into my chosen specialty. Little did I know that the busy phase of my life had only just begun. As I progressed in my career, my to-do […] The post Multi-Tasking Tips for the Academic Surgeon appeared first on Association for Academic Surgery (AAS).

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