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AI That Thinks Like Us – and Could Help Explain How We Think

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich have developed an artificial intelligence model that can simulate human behavior with remarkable accuracy. The language model, called Centaur, was trained on more than ten million decisions from psychological…

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Open Problems: Cracking Cell Complexity with Collective Intelligence

Researchers from more than 50 international institutions have launched Open Problems (https://openproblems.bio) a collaborative open-source platform to benchmark, improve, and run competitions for computational methods in single-cell genomics. Co-led…

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Helmholtz Munich and Northwestern University Partner to Advance Machine Learning in Health

Helmholtz Munich has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Northwestern University’s (NU) Feinberg School of Medicine (Chicago, USA), one of the highest performing research-oriented Medical Schools in the US, to collaborate on machine learning in…

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Study Uncovers Biological Links Across Psychiatric Conditions

A new study highlights the role of circadian rhythm, cortisol regulation, and dopamine signaling in the development of depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. By using detailed genetic analyses at the exon level, researchers uncovered common…

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Genes Shape the Brain – New Study Uncovers Genetic Influences on Brain Structure

An international study led by Helmholtz Munich and Forschungszentrum Jülich has identified genetic factors that influence the shape of subcortical brain regions – advancing beyond previous research that focused primarily on brain volume. The findings…

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Cancer Plasticity Atlas To Improve Cancer Therapies

Helmholtz Munich, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, and Parse Biosciences have announced a collaboration to develop a single cell atlas focused on cancer plasticity and its response to therapies. This initiative will lay the foundation for a larger…