Post by devontehami on Jul 30, 2013 18:43:40 GMT 1
A Computer Algorithm that Can Diagnose Leukemia
An 18-year-old from Sarasota, Florida, has developed a cloud-based "artificial neural network" to help doctors diagnose and potentially treat patients suffering from mixed-lineage leukemia, or MLL. MLL is an agressive form of cancer that generally has a five-year survival rate of only 40%. Using her computer algorithm, Brittany Wenger discovered four gene expressions in the body that can be targeted with drugs to treat MLL. This was not Wenger's first time developing an artificial-intelligence technology to diagnose cancer. Previously Wenger used the same infrastructure she uses now to diagnose MLL to diagnose breast cancer. "I wanted to prove that the infrastructure I built could work with multiple diseases," she said. Wenger received a $3,000 award in Intel's computer-science category along with numerous other awards including a $20,000 award from Intel in March for her work in breast-cancer diagnosis. Check out Wenger speaking at TEDx.
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An 18-year-old from Sarasota, Florida, has developed a cloud-based "artificial neural network" to help doctors diagnose and potentially treat patients suffering from mixed-lineage leukemia, or MLL. MLL is an agressive form of cancer that generally has a five-year survival rate of only 40%. Using her computer algorithm, Brittany Wenger discovered four gene expressions in the body that can be targeted with drugs to treat MLL. This was not Wenger's first time developing an artificial-intelligence technology to diagnose cancer. Previously Wenger used the same infrastructure she uses now to diagnose MLL to diagnose breast cancer. "I wanted to prove that the infrastructure I built could work with multiple diseases," she said. Wenger received a $3,000 award in Intel's computer-science category along with numerous other awards including a $20,000 award from Intel in March for her work in breast-cancer diagnosis. Check out Wenger speaking at TEDx.
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