AI Finds Promising Drugs for Liver Cancer and Lung Fibrosis
Michigan State researchers use machine learning to predict gene effects from chemical structures, identifying compounds that reduced tumors in mice.
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DeepMind's AlphaGenome Decodes the 98% of DNA Nobody Understood
New AI model predicts how mutations in non-coding DNA affect genes, offering hope for solving rare disease cases that have stumped geneticists for years.
AI 'Laser Tag' Validates 100-Year-Old Theory of How Cancer Begins
EMBL scientists use AI to spot the earliest markers of chromosomal chaos in cells, finding one in ten divisions produces errors that can seed tumors.
Welsh NHS AI Trial Cuts Cancer Diagnosis Time from Months to Weeks
Betsi Cadwaladr health board uses Paige AI to triage biopsies, catching malignancies that would otherwise sit in queues for three months
AI Tool Predicts Cancer Spread With 80% Accuracy Across Multiple Tumor Types
University of Geneva researchers create MangroveGS, an AI that reads gene expression patterns to forecast which cancers will metastasize.
First Radiology Generative AI Gets FDA Breakthrough Designation
Cognita CXR drafts preliminary chest x-ray reports for radiologist review, with validation showing 16-65% detection improvements
AI Predicts Cancer Spread With 80% Accuracy Across Multiple Tumor Types
University of Geneva's MangroveGS uses gene signatures to forecast metastasis risk, potentially sparing low-risk patients from aggressive treatment
UK's Largest AI Breast Cancer Screening Trial Shows 10% More Cancers Detected
GEMINI study finds AI integration catches cancers missed by radiologists while cutting workload by a third
AI Outscores Human Therapists on CBT in Randomized Trial
Nature Medicine study finds AI with 'cognitive layer' rated higher than 74% of top human therapy sessions
Basecamp Research Launches Trillion Gene Atlas to Design Drugs With AI
Partnering with Anthropic, Ultima Genomics, and PacBio, the startup aims to sequence 100 million species and train AI models that can design therapeutics from a disease prompt.
Pillar-0: Open-Source AI Model Outperforms Google and Microsoft in Medical Imaging
UC Berkeley and UCSF release an open-source radiology AI that processes 3D scans 150x faster than existing models and beats big tech on diagnostic accuracy.
NIH Scientists Used AI to Find 307 Drug Combinations That Kill Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Machine learning models screened 1.6 million potential drug pairings and identified synergistic combinations that neither drug achieves alone. Lab tests confirmed the predictions work.
Google's Diagnostic AI Passes First Real-World Clinical Test With Zero Safety Incidents
AMIE achieved 90% diagnostic accuracy across 100 patients at Beth Israel with no safety stops required, marking a milestone for conversational AI in healthcare
AI Finds 29 Trial-Eligible Patients That Human Screening Missed
Cleveland Clinic study shows AI screening identified rare disease patients in days that traditional methods missed over months - with better diversity outcomes.
AI Model Discovers Drug Combination That Makes Tumors Visible to Immune System
Google DeepMind and Yale's 27B parameter model identified how silmitasertib plus interferon can boost cancer antigen presentation by 50%
1.4 Million Verified Protein Structures Give AI a Reality Check
University of Missouri releases PSBench, a massive benchmark database to help researchers know when AI protein predictions can be trusted
Study: AI Chatbots Systematically Violate Mental Health Ethics Standards
Brown University research identifies 15 ethical risks when LLMs act as therapists, including crisis mishandling and reinforcing harmful beliefs.
FDA Approves First AI Imaging Device for Breast Cancer Surgery
Claire becomes the first AI-enabled system cleared to assess tumor margins during lumpectomy, potentially reducing repeat surgeries.
The Race to Put AI-Designed Antibodies Into Clinical Trials
Multiple biotech companies are sprinting to bring the first fully AI-designed antibody drugs to human testing. Here's how they're doing it and what it could mean for medicine.
England's NHS-Wide Stroke AI Rollout Shows Threefold Recovery Improvement
Data from the world's first national deployment of AI stroke diagnosis shows patients are three times more likely to recover without disability when hospitals use the technology.
AI Writes First Functional Virus Genomes from Scratch
Arc Institute researchers created 16 viable bacteriophages using generative AI, with cocktails that overcome antibiotic-resistant bacteria
ChatGPT Health Missed Half of Medical Emergencies in First Safety Test
Mount Sinai researchers found OpenAI's health chatbot recognized dangerous symptoms in its own explanations but still told patients to wait instead of seeking emergency care.
AI Can Now Design DNA Programs for Living Cells
Rice University researchers built the first AI system that predicts how genetic circuits will behave in human cells, opening the door to programmable cell therapies for cancer.
Blood Test Predicts When Alzheimer's Symptoms Will Start
A new 'clock model' using plasma p-tau217 can forecast Alzheimer's symptom onset within 3-4 years, potentially transforming diagnosis and clinical trials.