Searching for information about stem cells online in an age of artificial intelligence: How should the stem cell community respond?

Klaus Hoeyer; Anna Couturier; Kali Barawi; Cheney Drew; Anders Grundtvig; Emma Lane; Anders Kristian Munk; Louise Emma Whiteley; Megan Munsie

doi:10.1016/j.stemcr.2023.12.009

Searching for information about stem cells online in an age of artificial intelligence: How should the stem cell community respond?

Stem Cell Reports. 2024 Feb 13;19(2):159-162. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2023.12.009. Epub 2024 Jan 25.

Authors

Klaus Hoeyer¹, Anna Couturier², Kali Barawi³, Cheney Drew³, Anders Grundtvig¹, Emma Lane⁴, Anders Kristian Munk⁵, Louise Emma Whiteley¹, Megan Munsie⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
² EuroGCT, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
³ Centre for Trials Research, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
⁴ School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
⁵ TANTlab, Department of Culture and Learning, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
⁶ Stem Cell Biology Theme, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

Patients and their families routinely use the Internet to learn about stem cell research. What they find, is increasingly influenced by ongoing changes in how information is filtered and presented online. This article reflects on recent developments in generative artificial intelligence and how the stem cell community should respond.

MeSH terms

Artificial Intelligence*
Humans
Internet*
Stem Cell Research