Casey Ross
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FDA clarifies how it will regulate digital health, artificial intelligence
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The FDA issued new guidelines on how it will regulate mobile health and products that use AI to help doctors decide how to treat patients.
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Casey Ross Out this morning: clarifies how it will regulate digital health and artificial intelligence via 24d
Amazon, Google, and Facebook using AI to find protein structures
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The tech giants are becoming increasingly active in deciphering protein structures, a crucial step in helping to discover drug candidates.
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Casey Ross Protein folding is one of biology's biggest mysteries. In addition to , and are actively engaged in the efforts to solve it. via 26d
Google, Mayo Clinic strike sweeping partnership on patient data
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The 10-year partnership with the prestigious hospital is a testament to Google’s expanding role in the U.S. health care system.
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Casey Ross moves data to the cloud, strikes sweeping partnership on patient data with via 40d
AI system can create novel drug candidates in just 46 days
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The AI used in the study, known as a generative adversarial network, has been more famously used to produce extremely realistic images of fake celebrities.
STAT Wunderkinds: Celebrating young scientists in biomedicine/biopharma
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We’re collecting nominations from across North America for early career scientists who are doing groundbreaking work. The deadline to enter is September 3.
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Casey Ross Don't be stingy. You know u know a promising young scientist who deserves some recognition. Nominate here 50d
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Casey Ross Today's STAT Health Tech: has a sharp analysis of 's new premium service; we also update you on state-sponsored hacking of health data, and an #AI designed to measure overall health status from EKG data 53d
Kentucky Supreme Court clears way for release of Purdue records
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Purdue has fought STAT to keep the documents out of view, but the Kentucky Supreme Court's refusal to review the case is final and can't be appealed.
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Casey Ross I really wanted to rip open the still-sealed envelopes in the KY Court of appeals this morning. It’s time, after 3.5 years and tens of thousands of deaths, to get answers. via 54d
The threat of an AI winter, 1 million Singaporeans, & naming and shaming hospitals
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Casey Ross Lotta weighty questions in STAT HT: Is deep learning being oversold? Does the hidden world of #AI annotation need a closer look? Will Singapore's health program using wearables spur behavior change? 60d
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Casey Ross A redux of my Q&A with on the overselling of deep learning in medicine and the threat of an #AI winter -- not paywalled 60d
Skeptic warns deep learning in medicine needs a reboot
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Gary Marcus voices skepticism about the dominance of deep learning, a type of artificial intelligence whose use has exploded in medicine.
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Casey Ross I enjoyed this conversation with on his concern that deep learning is being oversold in medicine and other domains. Q&A for subscribers here: via 60d
With Alzheimer's research at a crossroads, AI might point the way
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A rapidly growing body of research promises to make the search for new Alzheimer's treatments faster, cheaper, and far more targeted. 
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Casey Ross AI is NOT going to cure Alzheimer's. But it might help pharma find a way forward: My latest for STAT + subscribers: via 69d
5 burning questions about mental health technology
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Is there evidence behind it? Are there ethical concerns? For a mental health tech startup to gain traction, it will have to consider several key questions.
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Casey Ross “Many of the ethical obligations concerning mental health care are rooted in the traditional therapist-patient relationship. But what becomes of professional ethical obligations when the therapist is an algorithm?" via 73d
When partnering means winnowing, passive-aggressive subway ads, & 5 burning questions for mental-health tech
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Casey Ross In STAT Health Tech this week: interviews 's chief of digital innovation; an FDA clearance for in software-enabled cancer care; privacy concern's facing in Europe; and the challenges in mental health tech. 74d
DeepMind AI predicts loss of kidney function two days in advance
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The system was far from perfect: It reported two false positives for every accurate alert and its performance suffered when the injury was less severe.
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Casey Ross DeepMind AI predicts acute loss of kidney function two days in advance, study shows via 80d
An AI expert's toughest project: writing code to save his son's life
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Buddy's case shows that the nature of AI’s power is not to automate care but to give doctors crucial information when it matters most.
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Casey Ross I learned a lot about the strengths of AI while reporting this story — and even more about the strengths of humans. via 87d
An AI system predicts when pancreatic cysts will turn cancerous
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A new artificial intelligence system displayed a superhuman ability to differentiate harmful lesions from ones that pose no threat at all.
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Casey Ross Some news out of this afternoon: An experimental AI system can predict when pancreatic cysts will become cancerous via 94d
Livongo, diabetes-coaching startup, files IPO in a test for health tech
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The IPO is expected to be among the first for a new generation of slick and savvy venture-backed companies in the U.S. digital health sector.
Court documents reveal Amazon strategy for disrupting U.S. drug business
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Amazon is seeking to contract directly with health plans and employers to sell precriptions through its PillPack subsidiary, according to court documents.
What if AI in health care is the next asbestos?
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“I think of machine learning kind of as asbestos,” one speaker said, explaining that AI in medicine could turn out to be as harmful as it is promising.
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Casey Ross AI is often hailed for its superhuman analytic capabilities. But what if its use in health care, skewed by bias and misguided correlations, turns out to be poisonous. Here's my latest on a thoughtful AI discussion yesterday: via 123d
China is leapfrogging the U.S. in using AI in medicine
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Some business leaders have fretted that the U.S. risks losing business opportunities and investment dollars to Chinese AI companies.
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Casey Ross In the face of an overburdened hospital system, China is surging ahead in the race to deploy AI in medicine. Huge implications for business/science/ethics. Here's my story for subscribers: via 137d
Raiding academia, Facebook's new hire, & the fading dream of a DNA app store
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Casey Ross This week's STAT Health Tech is out! We look 's loss of top talent to tech giants, a boiling dispute over algorithmic discovery , and plenty of news on health care moves by , , , and more. 144d