trials

Cancer-vaccine trials give reasons for optimism

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Illustration: Andrew Khosravani Most people think of immunization as a way to prevent infectious disease. Vaccines contain proteins that the immune system can use to identify a pathogen, such as a virus, enabling the body to respond forcefully to it in future. But the immune system doesn’t only defend against foreign invaders — it also … Read more

How AI is being used to accelerate clinical trials

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Credit: Taj Francis For decades, computing power followed Moore’s law, advancing at a predictable pace. The number of components on an integrated circuit doubled roughly every two years. In 2012, researchers coined the term Eroom’s law (Moore spelled backwards) to describe the contrasting path of drug development1. Over the previous 60 years, the number of … Read more