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DeepColony is a multi-level AI solution for the interpretation of bacterial culturing images in clinical microbiology laboratory automations. Here, the authors show it allows presumptive identification and quantitation of relevant pathogens at both colony- and plate-level.

The compliance of physicians to current guidelines for asymptomatic microhaematuria is limited and the evidence supporting asymptomatic microhaematuria as an effective screening tool for the early detection of bladder cancer is weak. Medical or surgical treatment is indicated in 13–35% of patients with asymptomatic microhaematuria, albeit mostly for benign conditions, which are more commonly the cause. The high prevalence of asymptomatic microhaematuria in the general population means that this condition poses a considerable challenge to the health-care system.

Human excreta could be a powerful source of cells to study disease, bypassing some of the problems of using stem cells.