AI could predict whether cancer treatments will work, experts say: ‘Exciting time in medicine’

AI could predict whether cancer treatments will work, experts say: ‘Exciting time in medicine’

A chemotherapy alternative called immunotherapy is showing promise in treating cancer — and a new artificial intelligence tool could help ensure that patients have the best possible experience. Immunotherapy, first approved in 2011, uses the cancer patient’s own immune system to target and fight cancer.  While it doesn’t work for everyone, for the 15% to…

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Shmuly Yanklowitz: The border crisis demands our humanity. Passover reminds us how.

Shmuly Yanklowitz: The border crisis demands our humanity. Passover reminds us how.

The situation here on the border is serious. Refugees fleeing violence, persecution, extreme poverty and natural disasters from all over the world have found their way, through horrifically dangerous conditions, to the Mexico-U.S. border. The asylum-seekers, even counting only the survivors who make it across, constitute higher numbers of border crossings than ever before. People…

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