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Parkinson's blood test using AI gives early-diagnosis hope
Ray Choi
June 27, 2024
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🩸 Parkinson's blood test using AI gives early-diagnosis hope
🧍♀️ Synthesia’s hyperrealistic deepfakes will soon have full bodies
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A simple blood test using artificial intelligence to predict Parkinson's disease years before symptoms begin has been developed by researchers.
They hope it can lead to a cheap, finger-prick test providing early diagnoses - and help find treatments to slow down the disease.
Charity Parkinson's UK said it was "a major step forward" in the search for a non-invasive patient-friendly test. But larger trials are needed to prove its accuracy.
Parkinson's affects nearly 10 million people worldwide and more than 150,000 in the UK. Many are diagnosed having already developed symptoms, such as tremors, movement and memory problems - caused by nerve cells dying in the part of the brain that controls movement.
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Startup Synthesia’s AI-generated avatars are getting an update to make them even more realistic: They’ll soon have bodies that can move, and hands that gesticulate. The new full-body avatars will be able to do things like sing and brandish a microphone while dancing, or move from behind a desk and walk across a room.
Synthesia launched its first version of hyperrealistic AI avatars, also known as deepfakes, in April. These avatars use large language models to match expressions and tone of voice to the sentiment of spoken text.
The avatars in this first generation appear only from the torso up, which can detract from the otherwise impressive realism. To create the full-body avatars, Synthesia is building an even bigger AI model. Users will have to go into a studio to record their body movements.
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Listen or read the following transcript as Mark Bates explores the theme of divine grace as found in the story of Noah from Genesis 7. He discusses how God’s grace not only preserved Noah and his family from the flood but also underscores a broader theological message of redemption and salvation that is central to Christian faith.
The following unedited transcript is provided by Beluga AI.
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