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Invoking the Defense Production Act, President Joe Biden has ordered federal agencies and artificial intelligence companies to create safeguards and standards for the technology that has the capacity to uplift humankind as much as it can wreak unimaginable harm.

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As a data scientist and software engineer, Razik Yousfi builds artificial intelligence models in health care. He started doing this 15 years ago, long before advanced chatbots catapulted AI into the layman’s consciousness.

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President Joe Biden on Nov. 17 announced his intent to appoint W. Kimryn Rathmell as NCI director.

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Integrating cancer care: the Advocate Health experience

As the third-largest nonprofit health system nationwide, Advocate Health treats nearly 50,000 new cancer cases annually. The integrated system has a unique opportunity to leverage its scale to advance complex cancer care and improve health outcomes across its various markets.

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Vol.49 No.43

By Ruben A. Mesa and James L. Weese

HRA Pharma & Celnova Pharma partner to launch medicines in South America for adrenocortical carcinoma

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