A research team has developed a novel AI model, ILCD, and a supporting dataset, CDwPK-VQA, to help early diagnose crop diseases.

During a heart attack, heart muscle cells die and are replaced by scar tissue. This delays the electrical conduction in the heart and favours the onset of cardiac arrhythmia. To reduce this potentially life-threatening complication, researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn intended to partially restore electrical conduction in the scar tissue. To this end, they developed a gene therapy in mice to enrich the gap junction protein connexin 43 in the scar area in order to improve electrical conduction. By this approach, the research team could significantly reduce the frequency of arrhythmia in lesioned hearts. The results are recently published in the Journal of Physiology.

A wearable technology developed by Technion Professor Hossam Haick and colleagues in China enables real-time, non-invasive tracking and optimized treatment for diabetic patients.