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Machine learning to analyze colon glands

Malignant colorectal cancer

October 3, 2017

Machine learning to analyze colon glands

Due to the large variability of biological tissue, machine learning techniques have shown superior performance over conventional image processing methods. Here, researchers present a deep neural network-based approach for segmentation and classification of glands in tissue of benign and malignant colorectal cancer.

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October 3, 2017

Development and validation of near-infrared spectroscopy for the prediction of forage quality parameters in Lolium multiflorum

Zhongfu Yang, Gang Nie, Ling Pan, Yan Zhang, Linkai Huang, Xiao Ma, Xinquan Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3867 PubMed 29018608

October 17, 2017

lncRNA H19 is involved in TGF-β1-induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition in bovine epithelial cells through PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathway

Wei Yang, Xuezhong Li, Shaopei Qi, Xueru Li, Kun Zhou, Suzhu Qing, Yong Zhang, Ming-Qing Gao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3950 PubMed 29062612

October 19, 2017

The neuroprotective effect of nicotine in Parkinson’s disease models is associated with inhibiting PARP-1 and caspase-3 cleavage

Justin Y.D. Lu, Ping Su, James E.M. Barber, Joanne E. Nash, Anh D. Le, Fang Liu, Albert H.C. Wong