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Diagnosing leukemia? There’s a computer algorithm for that. According to Mashable, 18-year-old whiz kid Brittany Wenger from Florida taught a computer to diagnose mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL), an aggressive form of cancer, by building a cloud-based “artificial neural network.” Prognosis for MLL is poor, with the 5-year survival rate hitting only 40%. This isn’t Wenger’s first science breakthrough–before teaching a computer to diagnose leukemia, the high school senior developed technology that could diagnose breast cancer.
Learn more about Wenger and her algorithm on Mashable
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