Marina T Alamanou
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AI Pharma Deals: Pfizer and AI Startups
When the pharma giant Pfizer met AI AI in Pharma refers to the use of algorithms to perform tasks which traditionally rely on human intelligence. Currently, AI is being applied in pharma for Diagnosis, Drug Discovery, Clinical Trials, Manufacturing and Predictive Medicine (and of course Supply Chain, Sales, and Customer Service).
By Marina T Alamanou3 years ago in Trader
AI Pharma Deals: Bayer and AI Startups
How Bayer adopts AI to boost drug discovery So far, the pharmaceutical industry has contributed more to the well-being of humanity than any other industry. But lately its business model has been under significant pressure since the return on R&D investment has dropped to its lowest level in decades (lack of innovation amid digital disruption, rapid technological advances and other issues such as lack of data reproducibility) and its public reputation in US and around the world (anti vaccine movement in Europe) is worse than ever.
By Marina T Alamanou3 years ago in Futurism
AI-biotech startups: top five major deals
According to a new report published by Allied Market Research and titled “Artificial Intelligence for Drug Development and Discovery Market", the global Artificial Intelligence in drug discovery market generated $520.00 million in 2019, and is estimated to reach $4.81 billion by 2027, registering a CAGR of 31.6% from 2020 to 2027.
By Marina T Alamanou3 years ago in Trader
Deception meets Benford’s Law
The Art of Deception In the after math of the financial crisis we were convinced that the economy was killed by irresponsible risk taking, a lack of regulation or a bubbling housing market. But the problem is deeper. The weak spot of what happened needs to be searched in the temptation of applying the logic of "selfish gene" literally everywhere…and therefore assuming that the human species is driven purely by greed and fear. And that, is bad biology!
By Marina T Alamanou3 years ago in Criminal
An edible mushroom on trial
The mushroom of immortality The reishi mushroom (known as Ganoderma lucidum or Lingzhi or mushroom of immortality) is a fungus that grows in various hot and humid locations in Asia (an oriental fungus) and has a long history of use for promoting health and longevity in China, Japan and other Asian countries.
By Marina T Alamanou3 years ago in Longevity
Data Aggregation and Analysis during Drug Development: Causaly
A biomedical research discovery tool that makes it simple to find and explore key hidden evidence Causaly Inc (London UK, 2017) offers a semantic AI-platform which reads collections of scientific articles and extracts causal associations through linguistic and statistical models dealing with THE MOST difficult biomedical challenge: increase productivity in literature reviews.
By Marina T Alamanou3 years ago in Futurism
From doing business with your telomeres to start practising Zen meditation
“To an extent that has surprised us and the rest of the scientific community, telomeres do not simply carry out the commands issued by your genetic code. Your telomeres, it turns out, are listening to you. They absorb the instructions you give them. The way you live can, in effect, tell your telomeres to speed up the process of cellular aging. But it can also do the opposite.” ― The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer by Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn and Dr. Elissa Epel
By Marina T Alamanou3 years ago in Longevity
Where do you get your energy? From mitochondria.
According to our best scientists earth was formed around ~4.5 billion years ago — being at the time just a piece of rock slammed by meteorites and tormented by erupting volcanoes — and for the first 2 billion years all creatures alive on this rock were single cells with no nucleus.
By Marina T Alamanou3 years ago in Longevity
Sleep monitoring digital technologies and clinical trials
Cost of the short sleepers and solutions Sleep is a crucial biological process that has long been recognised as an essential determinant of human health and performance, known to be regulated by three main factors: circadian rhythms, sleep-wake homeostasis and cognitive-behavioural influences.
By Marina T Alamanou3 years ago in Longevity
The good and the bad of nootropics
Modafinil (MOD) A widely cited definition characterises enhancement as biological, behavioral and physical interventions in humans that aim to improve mental functioning beyond what is necessary to sustain or restore good health (Hacking the Brain: Dimensions of Cognitive Enhancement). Diet, natural remedies, recreational drugs, body derivatives and pharmaceutical drugs are all biological cognitive enhancement interventions or nootropics or smart drugs or cognitive enhancers.
By Marina T Alamanou3 years ago in Longevity
Drug repurposing: should I stay or should I go?
The term drug repurposing has been used interchangeably with drug repositioning, drug rescue, drug retargeting and drug reprofiling, and all these expressions are relatively synonymous for describing the process of developing new uses for existing drugs that saves years and millions of dollars since the new indication is built on previous knowledge.
By Marina T Alamanou3 years ago in Futurism
The Dark Triad and Hope
Triple Negative Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, with 2 million new cases diagnosed worldwide only in 2018. About 15–20% of all breast cancers are classified as triple-negative (TNBC), considered the most aggressive form of breast cancer that accounts for much higher recurrence and metastasis rates.
By Marina T Alamanou3 years ago in Longevity