This AI can tell if you have prostate cancer by looking at your pee

Researchers at the Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) recently developed a machine for detecting prostate cancer that only needs 20 minutes of your time and a few ounces of your pee to achieve near 100-percent accuracy. Human oncologists are only about 30% accurate when it comes to detecting the disease. This is a big deal. Background: Detecting prostate cancer is, quite literally, a pain in the ass. Under the current paradigm the disease is confirmed through a combination of lab work and invasive diagnostics. This involves a painful biopsy procedure where surgeons remove a tissue sample from the…

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