As few as one-in-1000 sea turtle hatchlings survive the perilous journey from nest to ocean.A world-first artificial intelligence system has been developed to analyse thousands of photographs of remote beaches to identify evidence of turtle nests and their predators.A collaboration by the CSIRO, Aak Puul Ngantam (APN) of the Cape York Indigenous rangers and Microsoft, the cloud-based system is trying to boost the survival rates of turtle hatchlings in Australia's remote far north.https://thewest.com.au/technology/ai-used-to-protect-qld-turtle-habitats-ng-s-2050072
A weight-loss drug could be repurposed to prevent organ failure in patients in intensive care, research from the University of Auckland and Monash University in Australia shows.Orlistat, marketed in New Zealand as Xenical, can be retooled to treat conditions such as severe acute pancreatitis, severe infection and haemorrhagic shock, according to the study published in the International Journal of Pharmaceutics.Patent filed. Seeking commercial partners.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120247
