Tanay Tandon of Athelas on the future of blood diagnostics using machine-learning
The Robot Brains Podcast
- Published
- February 2, 2022
- Duration
- 44:29
- Summary source
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- Last updated
- Jun 7, 2026
Discusses machine-learning.
Summary
Analyzing a person’s blood (and the cells within it) is often used to diagnose many health conditions and illnesses, from infections to leukemia and bone marrow disorders. Generally it's a long and expensive process. You have to go to the doctor, have a sample taken, wait for a couple of days for a trained professional to analyze the blood, and finally ge…
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Analyzing a person’s blood (and the cells within it) is often used to diagnose many health conditions and illnesses, from infections to leukemia and bone marrow disorders. Generally it's a long and expensive process. You have to go to the doctor, have a sample taken, wait for a couple of days for a trained professional to analyze the blood, and finally get your diagnosis. Athelas is using machine learning to dramatically improve the speed and efficiency of testing blood cells. From a simple fing
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- machine-learning