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Alibaba open-sources AI model that can detect cancer and nearly 150 conditions

119 pointsby yogthosyesterday at 11:54 PM15 commentsview on HN

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ElProlactintoday at 5:05 AM

I much prefer Gemini. It tells me I'm very smart and almost always right.

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t0bia_stoday at 5:51 AM

I'm wonder when there will be model for predict future. Could be named "Crystal bAill"

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westurnertoday at 4:06 AM

From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44693991 :

> EPS3.9 also had significant anti-tumor effects in the mice with liver cancer and activated anti-tumor immune responses

“A Novel Exopolysaccharide, Highly Prevalent in Marine Spongiibacter, Triggers Pyroptosis to Exhibit Potent Anticancer Effects” (2025) DOI: 10.1096/fj.202500412R https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1096/fj.2025004...

"A Gemma model helped discover a new potential cancer therapy pathway" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45604231 :

> eCPMV VNPs + EPS3.9 + [...]

"Scientists are discovering a powerful new way to prevent cancer" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45474404

Notes re: Kidneys not Livers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47460486 ; gh/topic/healthcare-ai

K0balttoday at 2:49 AM

Anyone know how many parameters?

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westurnertoday at 3:17 AM

ScholarlyArticle: "Large-scale AI-guided liver malignancy diagnosis: multicenter study and a single-arm trial" (2026) Nature Medicine https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04589-y

Source: https://github.com/alibaba-damo-academy/damo-radar

Model: https://huggingface.co/radar-generalist

cyanydeeztoday at 1:32 AM

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