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AI in Biomedicine: Promises and Pitfalls

AI in Biomedicine: Promises and Pitfalls

Does AI have a future in biomedical research? What challenges might we face? Experts from the Morgridge Institute addressed these questions during a Fearless Science Speaker Series lecture on March 21, 2024.

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Students explore how tiny tools can answer big questions

Students explore how tiny tools can answer big questions

Students explored the basics of fluid mechanics at a recent field trip to the Discovery Building.

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Rising Sparks: Marcela Tabima, regenerative biology

Rising Sparks: Marcela Tabima, regenerative biology

Marcela Tabima has focused her fascination with human biology on two major research efforts in the Discovery Building — engineering synthetic arteries for surgery and finding new ways to treat inherited retinal diseases.

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All creatures great and small: Sequencing the blue whale and Etruscan shrew genomes

All creatures great and small: Sequencing the blue whale and Etruscan shrew genomes

Researchers illustrated that size doesn't matter when they assembled sequences for two new reference genomes — one from the world’s largest mammal and one of the smallest.

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