Month: June 2022

Recon takes an analytical look behind select developments in healthcare

An opinionated take on NEJM highlights for May 2022

Marc Herant June 2, 2022

A step forward for kidney xenotransplantation A report on the recent, well-publicized, temporary transplantation of kidneys from genetically modified pigs in two deceased individuals at NYU. The kidneys functioned well and there was no sign of acute rejection, but because these experiments took place over only 54 hours, this is not indicative of longer term compatibility of the transplant of kidneys from this particular strain of pigs. A question in my mind is why there have not been kidney xenotransplants in live patients yet – especially given a recent porcine

Advances in AI for Health in 2021: An Analysis of the Clinicaltrials.gov Registry

Irina Ahmad June 2, 2022

The role of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in healthcare spans a vast range of potential applications. A view of AI development on clinicaltrials.gov helps to focus this landscape, giving a sense of trends and near-term applications. Following last year’s review of AI development, we have updated our analysis to include registered studies starting in 2021.[1] The analysis revealed continued strong growth of studies across the field, especially in patient engagement and research. Within patient engagement, the tools studied (mostly chatbots) have increased in complexity, tracking with advancements

Month: June 2022

Recon takes an analytical look behind select developments in healthcare

An opinionated take on NEJM highlights for May 2022

Advances in AI for Health in 2021: An Analysis of the Clinicaltrials.gov Registry

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