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 prototyping, training, and application of highly predictive medical NLP models. It is designed to streamline researcher 
 workflow by providing utilities for model training, prediction and organization while insuring the replicability of systems.
 
-![alt text](https://nlp.cs.vcu.edu/images/Edit_NanomedicineDatabase.png?raw=true "Nanoinformatics")
 
 # :star2: Features
 - Highly predictive, shared-task dominating out-of-the-box trained models for medical named entity recognition.
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 Acknowledgments
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-- [VCU Natural Language Processing Lab](https://nlp.cs.vcu.edu/) ![alt text](https://nlp.cs.vcu.edu/images/vcu_head_logo "VCU")
+- [VCU Natural Language Processing Lab](https://nlp.cs.vcu.edu/) 
 - [Nanoinformatics Vertically Integrated Projects](https://rampages.us/nanoinformatics/)