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In the news | JAMA
Large Language Models Answer Medical Questions Accurately, but Can’t Match Clinicians’ Knowledge
This article is about how these models could be used in medical scenarios, current limitations and future research areas, and the how the medical community should agree on how to use this technology.
Awards | National Academy of Medicine
Peter Lee inducted into the National Academy of Medicine
Peter Lee was inducted into the Nation Academy of Medicine on Friday, October 14, 2022 at the NAM New Member Class Induction Ceremony. His election was announced in October 2019 along with 90 other regular members and 10 international members.…
In the news | CNBC
Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies are studying how the human immune system reacts to the coronavirus
Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies are working together to study how the human immune system responds to the COVID-19 coronavirus. By understanding the immune signature, meaning how humans are responding to the disease, the companies hope to speed the process of…
In the news | MSPoweruser
Peter Lee becomes the head of Microsoft Research
Microsoft today announced leadership changes for Microsoft Research. Peter Lee will be the new leader for the Microsoft Research organization. Peter Lee was already leading several research teams that were developing technology in healthcare and life sciences. In his new…
Awards | National Academy of Medicine
Peter Lee elected to National Academy of Medicine
Peter Lee, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Healthcare, was elected by his peers in the National Academy of Medicine for distinguished contributions to medicine and health—advancing state-of-the-art artificial intelligence for precision medicine, including genomics, immunomics, and medical imaging, and in cloud technology for…
In the news | Official Microsoft Blog
Microsoft for Healthcare: technology and collaboration for better experiences, insights and care
Microsoft's technology and partnerships are helping empower care teams, improve clinical and operational outcomes and advance precision healthcare, with a specific focus on putting people's privacy at the center.
In the news | ZDNet
AI and health: Using machine learning to understand the human immune system
Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies have partnered on an ambitious immunology project that could see diseases diagnosed much faster.
In the news | Official Microsoft Blog
Microsoft’s focus on transforming healthcare: Intelligent health through AI and the cloud
Working side-by-side with the healthcare industry's most pioneering players, we are bringing Microsoft's capabilities in groundbreaking research and product development to help healthcare providers, biotech companies and organizations around the world use artificial intelligence and the cloud to innovate.
In the news | siliconrepublic
Microsoft to use AI to predict hundreds of illnesses from single blood test
The aim is to create a single blood test that could be trained to identify potentially hundreds of illnesses in the immune system before they present themselves as symptoms.