Detecting cancer using artificial intelligence
The role machine learning can play in accurate blood tests for bowel cancer.
Tech Life · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
Experts develop a new blood test that could change the way suspected cases of bowel cancer are managed. At the heart of it is A.I. analysis to calculate a patient's cancer risk. We speak to the team behind the PinPoint Test. Also on Tech Life this week, period trackers and your personal data - find out how one app is promising to keep your information safe. Drones are being used to make childbirth safer in Rwanda. And listen to the aerospace students who have developed a new way to move satellites around in space.
Presenter: Shiona McCallum Producer: Tom Quinn
(Image: A photo of a lab technician holding a blood sample. Credit: Jacob Wackerhausen/Getty Images)