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Stem Cells: An Overview
Rachel Lim ‘29 In October 1958, an accident at a nuclear research institute near Belgrade exposed five physicists to dangerously high levels of radiation. A month later, the physicists were flown to Paris to be treated by immunologist Dr. Georges Mathé, who turned to a strategy never used before in humans: replacing damaged tissues with…
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Helpful Tool or Hazard: How Should Physicians Treat AI Chatbots Providing Medical Advice?
Alex Steele ’28 As long as the internet has been publicly accessible, individuals have used it to search for medical information. By 2002, when more than half of Americans had internet access, 80% of U.S. adults online were estimated to have searched for health-related information on the web (McMullan, 2006). Throughout the 2000s and 2010s,…
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The Rise of Digital Phenotyping in Mental Health
Chimamanda Udodi ’28 Each day, often without our awareness, our phones collect small clues about our lifestyle, including typing speed, sleep-wake patterns, phone use, daily routes, and social interactions. Experts in digital mental health have uncovered a new possibility for this data: the ability to identify subtle mood shifts before individuals become aware of them.…