11 October 2021 (Monday) - ASH Update

The ASH sent their update today. To be fair they send them several times a week, but most of the last ones rather went over my head…

Could an AI Algorithm Diagnose DVT More Efficiently? Researchers from the University of Oxford and the University of Sheffield have teamed up with U.K. startup ThinkSono to develop a machine learning algorithm that could help diagnose patients faster than traditional radiologist-interpreted scans.

Pfizer Initiates Trial to Test PF-07321332 for the Prevention of COVID-19 The phase II/III trial will administer PF-07321332, along with a low dose of ritonavir, to adults living in the same household as someone with a confirmed symptomatic COVID-19 infection.

“Health Equity Tourism” Does More Harm Than Good for Racial Disparities in Medicine $100 million in NIH funding has spurred a “gold rush” of inexperienced researchers clamoring for grants to publish papers on health disparities – driving out qualified researchers of color and potentially leading to low-quality work.