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Berci Meskó, MD, PhD

@Berci

Director of The Medical Futurist Institute, science fiction fanatic, health tracker with a mission to bring future technologies to healthcare. #digitalhealth

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Researchers at UCR developed an RNA-based strategy for a universal vaccine!

This targets conserved viral genome elements, potentially offering broad protection against various strains and even future viruses. news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/…

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The other day I shared a story of a physician in Australia whose deepfake images were used to sell untested drugs.

Now Microsoft's new AI tool, VASA-1, can create videos from a single image with music and is considered a deepfake nightmare machine. creativebloq.com/news/microsoft…

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Sad news today, the Future of Humanity Institute closes due to the lack of funding.

Many awful think tanks and institutions are funded but not a research center that focuses on the existential threats of humanity and the ethical issues of using AI widely. futureofhumanityinstitute.org

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100 Questions and Answers about AI in Healthcare leanpub.com/100-questions-… by Dr. Bertalan Mesko is the featured book on the Leanpub homepage! leanpub.com @berci

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The newly updated version of 𝐀 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 is out now! It's a dive into how hospitals will adapt and innovate in the coming decades, exploring the impact on both patients and healthcare professionals.
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leanpub.com/future-of-hosp…

The newly updated version of 𝐀 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 is out now! It's a dive into how hospitals will adapt and innovate in the coming decades, exploring the impact on both patients and healthcare professionals. 👇 leanpub.com/future-of-hosp…
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The healthcare industry has been undergoing a significant technical and cultural transformation called digital health.

This infographic is intended to highlight some of the key trends that are shaping the future of healthcare.

A couple examples:
- Globalized healthcare: Digital

The healthcare industry has been undergoing a significant technical and cultural transformation called digital health. This infographic is intended to highlight some of the key trends that are shaping the future of healthcare. A couple examples: - Globalized healthcare: Digital
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It's excellent when digital health tracking get one more evidence in the bag to support its use.

A new study (with 79 participants) found that using fitness trackers and smartphones can supply the monitoring multiple sclerosis patients. futurity.org/multiple-scler…

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Do you remember the government of New Zealand trying to ban smoking and then failing at that?

If this new UK plan of banning anyone born after 2009 from buying cigarettes becomes a law, it will be among the strictest in the world. bbc.com/news/uk-politi…

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After sifting through hundreds of technologies, I have 10 predictions for healthcare AI, coming from four distinct facets of the healthcare spectrum.

I'll share my predictions with you in this video!🙂 youtu.be/9ZEJyqzmyQQ?si…

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The 2023 Patent Index indicates that there is an increased patenting activity in key technologies relevant to the healthcare sector from digital health to AI.

We can anticipate great progress based on these, with AI standing out. mondaq.com/uk/patent/1451…

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I said it before and I still stand by it: Medicine and healthcare will struggle to adapt and filter deepfakes.

This is a nightmare for a physician: people creating deepfakes about him to use it for advertising dangerous products. abc.net.au/news/science/2…

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𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐐&𝐀 : 100 Questions and Answers about AI in Healthcare - 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟖, 4 𝐏𝐌 𝐂𝐄𝐓🚨

Our latest ebook just launched, and we're having a live session soon with the goal of exploring the intersection of AI and medicine.

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Brilliant medical ideas can take years to reach patients.  Feeling lost in the research maze? Let's break down real examples to see how long it REALLY takes for breakthroughs to hit the clinic.  medicalfuturist.com/from-patent-to…

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In case you are interested in the medical applications of 3D printing, this article summarizes what 3D printer manufacturer WASP would showcase at an upcoming exhibition. 3dprintingindustry.com/news/wasp-to-s…

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A new study just proved that GPT-4, the large language model (LLM) version you can use in ChatGPT, passed the board residency examination in four of five medical specialties.

Here is how it performed against over 800 physicians:

ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

A new study just proved that GPT-4, the large language model (LLM) version you can use in ChatGPT, passed the board residency examination in four of five medical specialties. Here is how it performed against over 800 physicians: ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
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Amazon leans on AI expertise: Who could be next?

The recent addition of machine learning and AI guru Andrew Ng to Amazon's board signals a strategic shift towards artificial intelligence. This strategic move is not at all surprising, but it made me think:

Who’s next?

The

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Someone on Reddit asked about the roadmap the lies ahead of medicine and healthcare.

Well, IMHO, briefly:

1. Patients will become the point of care receiving care wherever they are.

2. Healthcare becomes globalized meaning your quality of life will depend more on your

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It's always big news when a company gets FDA device listing for an app that can detect a medical condition in a device patients already own.

Now the Turkey-based h2o therapeutics received it for their Apple Watch-enabled freezing of gait-cuing feature. mobihealthnews.com/news/h2o-thera…

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