Spider major ampullate silk fiber, which is used as a safety line, is renowned for its remarkable strength and flexibility, yet the exact mechanisms behind its production remain largely unknown. A new study by Anna Rising’s lab has provided novel insights into the production and composition of this fascinating material.

ProBio is a clinical trial project lead by Professor Johan Lindberg, Scilifelab and Karolinska Institute, with collaboration with Scilifelab Clinical Genomics and NBIS (run as a NBIS Partner Project). As a side effect, the project has previously yielded routine diagnostic testing of cell-free DNA for patients with metastatic prostate cancer at Karolinska Hospital. The first results from this trial have now been published in Nature Medicine.

Spearpoint Analytics has used the AI compute and data sharing services at the NBIS infrastructure unit AIDA Data Hub to improve the diagnostic tools available for prostate cancer using AI and machine learning.

The startup company Spearpoint Analytics develops an outcome-based analysis (PCAI – Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness Index) that predicts the severity of prostate cancer by analyzing microscopy images of tissue sections.