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Early warning system

With the help of AI and machine learning, Niramai is saving countless lives, one breast scan at a time

The world has transformed beyond imagination over the past few decades. Man has achieved unthinkable feats — from self-driving cars and 3D printing a two-storeyed building to gene editing and augmented reality. But despite much progress, we are still defeated by our very own bodies. Particularly, uncontrollably and abnormally multiplying cells, what we call cancer. In 2018 alone, breast cancer — the second most common variant — claimed over 87,000 lives.