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![Radiologist showing tomography scan of a patient's lungs over of CT machine. Treatment of lung diseases, pneumonia, coronavirus, covid, cancer, tuberculosis Radiologist showing tomography scan of a patient's lungs over of CT machine. Treatment of lung diseases, pneumonia, coronavirus, covid, cancer, tuberculosis](/about/news-and-events/2024/06/machine-learning-uses-scans-to-predict-heart-damage/_jcr_content/listingImage.coreimg.jpeg/1719514000414/clinician-reviewing-lung-scan.jpeg)
In a recent study, Jefferson researcher and first author Wookjin Choi, PhD, developed an artificial-intelligence algorithm that could re-analyze these PET/CT images and accurately predict patients with more inflammation in the heart – often a precursor of long-term damage.
![Close-up of a neuron or nerve cell integrated in the neuronal network and sending and transmitting impulses Close-up of a neuron or nerve cell integrated in the neuronal network and sending and transmitting impulses - ai generated](/about/news-and-events/2024/06/understanding-potassium-channels-to-design-better-drugs/_jcr_content/listingImage.coreimg.jpeg/1719514180776/neuron-closeup-graphic.jpeg)
Neuroscientist Manuel Covarrubias, MD, PhD and his research assistant Qiansheng Liang, MD led a study published in Nature Communications that focused on Kv3 channels, the subclass of voltage-gated potassium channels that selectively bind AUT5.
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The 2,600-plus graduates will lead with ‘courage, creativity and commitment.’
![Aerial shot of Jefferson Health Honickman Center](/about/news-and-events/2024/02/podcast-ten-famous-firsts-from-jeffersons-history/_jcr_content/listingImage.coreimg.jpeg/1709670512420/nexus-podcast-ten-famous-firsts-600x400.jpeg)
As the University celebrates its bicentennial this year, we reflect on aspects of its past that set it apart from the crowd.
![At the doctor Handsome Afro American doctor in white coat is consulting beautiful pregnant woman in his office](/about/news-and-events/2024/01/improving-clinical-trial-design-with-trauma-informed-interventions-for-black-mothers/_jcr_content/listingImage.coreimg.jpeg/1706130938248/black-maternal-mortality-resized.jpeg)
Investigating the impact of trauma in Black maternal mortality.
![Doctor holding a digital tablet with x-ray of body skeleton with liver. Stethoscope and syringe on the desk Doctor holding a digital tablet with x-ray of body skeleton with liver. Stethoscope and syringe on the desk](/about/news-and-events/2024/01/reassessing-liver-donors-supported-by-ECMO/_jcr_content/listingImage.coreimg.jpeg/1706130975986/liver-transplant-resized-use.jpeg)
To meet the rising demand for liver transplants, researchers explore donors who were on a high level of life support.