Latest Inventions on Science and Technology:
Glioblastoma multiform drivers (machine learning-based computational tool)
- The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) has developed a machine learning-based computational tool to detect malignant tumours in the brain and spinal cord.
- Glioblastoma multiform drivers (GBMDriver), the tool is available online.
- Glioblastoma is a fast and aggressively growing tumour with limited therapeutic options and a survival rate of less than two years from the time of initial diagnosis.
- The tool could be applied to other diseases; serve as important criteria for disease prognosis; and be a valuable resource to identify mutation specific drug targets to design therapeutic strategies.
