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LANSING, Mich. — This summer, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is sponsoring a free, in-depth workshop series alongside farmer-run  Understanding Ag, LLC. The series is designed to help farmers adopt soil-health practices that improve resilience, increase profitability, and support long-term sustainability. It emphasizes peer-to-peer learning and real-world experience, recognizing that farmer-to-farmer […] The post Free Regenerative Agriculture Workshop: Row Crop Soil Health appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

Scientists have recently achieved significant breakthroughs in the field of plant tissue culture with a focus on the propagation of blueberries, specifically the variety known as ‘Blue Ribbon’. In a groundbreaking study published in Discover Plants, researchers including Taku, Singh, and Singh have developed a robust in vitro protocol for the sterilization, callogenesis, and shoot […]

Jessica Hagen / Mobi Health News: Twin Health, which uses AI-based digital twin tech to provide personalized diabetes and metabolic health guidance, raised a $53M Series E at a $950M valuation  —  The company plans to expand partnerships with health plans and employers to provide more individuals with digital twin technology designed to improve metabolic health.

An Israeli hospital that has achieved a breakthrough in cultivating kidneys in laboratories is seeking funding, including from China, to advance into clinical trials, according to the project’s lead researcher. Sheba Medical Centre, in collaboration with Tel Aviv University, said it had successfully grown a synthetic 3D organ culture, or organoid, that was the first to survive beyond 34 weeks, marking a significant milestone in regenerative medicine. Previous attempts had not exceeded four...

More than 180 years after their first development, the historic cores on Hong Kong Island – Central, Sheung Wan and Wan Chai – and in Kowloon – Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok – face an acute urban crisis. Once-vibrant neighbourhoods have become densely packed relics defined by ageing buildings, congested streets, poor sanitation and rising urban heat island effects. Without bold, economy-driven solutions, these “old districts” risk losing not only their cultural soul but also much of...

Recent advancements in the realm of neurobiology have unveiled the potential of neural stem cell-derived exosomes as formidable agents in combatting neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Parkinson’s disease. The research conducted by Guo et al. represents a pivotal contribution to our understanding of how these extracellular vesicles derived from neural stem cells can mitigate the effects of […]

Eleven-year-old Ava Cooper received a life-saving heart transplant in March after spending 200-plus days in the hospital and is preparing to return to school.

In a groundbreaking stride toward advancing cancer therapeutics, researchers have uncovered a pivotal molecular mechanism that mediates resistance to oncolytic herpes simplex virus 1 (oHSV-1) in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). The study, recently published in Cell Death Discovery, leverages the precision power of CRISPR/Cas9 genome-wide screening to pinpoint SUV39H2, a histone methyltransferase, as a […]

Meterparel is a relative newcomer compared with to his partner in the booth, former BC and NFL linebacker Pete Cronan, who is beginning his 37th season. The post Boston College play-by-play announcer Jon Meterparel has longevity, and chemistry, in the booth appeared first on Boston.com.

When the Techdirt community has had to hear so much about a single state’s education superintendent, you know something has gone horribly wrong. The horribly wrong in this case is Ryan Walters of Oklahoma. Walters appears to be doing some sort of combo-impression of Joseph McCarthy mixed with Donald Trump. In his role running Oklahoma […]

New mRNA Cancer Vaccine Delivers Stunning Results, Sparks Universal Treatment Hopes  SciTechDailyPromising vaccine may prevent certain cancers from returning  The HillVaccine for Pancreatic Cancer and CRC Sparks Early Hope  MedscapeCancer vaccine shows promise in preventing recurrence of pancreatic, colorectal tumors  Fox NewsOff-the-Shelf Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Colorectal and Pancreatic Cancer Patients  Managed Healthcare Executive

New mRNA Cancer Vaccine Delivers Stunning Results, Sparks Universal Treatment Hopes  SciTechDailyPromising vaccine may prevent certain cancers from returning  The HillVaccine for Pancreatic Cancer and CRC Sparks Early Hope  MedscapeCancer vaccine shows promise in preventing recurrence of pancreatic, colorectal tumors  Fox NewsOff-the-Shelf Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Colorectal and Pancreatic Cancer Patients  Managed Healthcare Executive

A Phase 1 clinical trial has shown that an antibody developed at Stanford Medicine can prepare patients for stem cell transplantation while avoiding toxic side effects. A phase 1 clinical trial has demonstrated that an antibody treatment created at Stanford Medicine can safely prepare patients for stem cell transplants without the need for busulfan chemotherapy [...]

Translation is the process by which cells manufacture many copies of a protein from one messenger RNA sequence encoding that protein. This takes place in one of the many ribosomes present in the cell, after which a newly assembled protein is folded within the endoplasmic reticulum. Translation is important, and so has evolved to be highly efficient. Errors nonetheless occur, and are corrected by various processes that identify broken, misfolded, and other problem proteins and ensure they are broken down for recycling. Those quality assurance processes have also evolved to be highly efficient. Correctly formed proteins are necessary for cell function, and malformed proteins will tend to cause harm in proportion to their numbers. Nonetheless, different species exhibit different degrees of efficiency in translation. A […]

Using stem cells from mice, researchers from Kyoto University tested the potential damage spaceflight can have on spermatazoa stem cells and the resulting offspring. After six months aboard the ISS, the stem cells were used to successfully produce healthy offspring.

In recent years, the advancements in battery technology have been pivotal in shaping the future of energy storage and electric vehicles. Among the various types of batteries, lithium-ion batteries have emerged as the preferred choice due to their high energy density and efficiency. However, one critical aspect that remains a challenge is the accurate estimation […]

arXiv:2508.15550v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This study presents a practical approach for early fault detection in industrial pump systems using real-world sensor data from a large-scale vertical centrifugal pump operating in a demanding marine environment. Five key operational parameters were monitored: vibration, temperature, flow rate, pressure, and electrical current. A dual-threshold labeling method was applied, combining fixed engineering limits with adaptive thresholds calculated as the 95th percentile of historical sensor values. To address the rarity of documented failures, synthetic fault signals were injected into the data using domain-specific rules, simulating critical alerts within plausible operating ranges. Three machine learning classifiers - Random Forest, Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), and Support Vector Machine (SVM) - were trained to distinguish between normal operation, early warnings, and critical alerts. Results showed that Random Forest and XGBoost

David Heaney / UploadVR: Vivo demos Vivo Vision, its first MR headset, which looks like an Apple Vision Pro clone but is ~40% lighter with micro-OLED displays, and could cost ~$1,400  —  Vivo Vision is now being demoed in stores in China, and the company has revealed its key specifications.

In the rapidly evolving landscape of biomedical science, the pursuit of extending human lifespan while preserving health and vitality has emerged as one of the most compelling challenges. The forthcoming 12th Aging Research and Drug Discovery (ARDD) meeting, scheduled for August 25–29 at the University of Copenhagen, represents a pivotal gathering of the world’s foremost […]

Three people were diagnosed with donor-derived tuberculosis after receiving organs from a deceased donor who was not screened for TB during the pre-transplant process, researchers reported.All three patients survived but experienced significant medical issues, underscoring the potential seriousness of donor-derived TB and raising questions about screening, the researchers said.“Donor-derived TB is a rare but serious complication of solid organ transplantation, particularly in the United States,” Paulina Vega, MD, an infectious disease fellow at the University of Washington, told

Patients who start dialysis with Medicare Advantage have an 18% lower likelihood of being wait-listed for a kidney transplant than those on traditional Medicare, according to study findings on access disparities.Researchers wanted to “understand how enrollment in Medicare Advantage affects access to kidney transplant wait-listing for older adults starting dialysis,” Joel T. Adler, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the division of transplantation, department of surgery and perioperative care at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin, told Healio.Adler and colleagues

THURSDAY, Aug. 21, 2025 — It can be spooky to realize that Alexa or Siri has been listening in on you, when a device in your home inadvertently springs to life.But eavesdropping artificial intelligence (AI) can prove a godsend to overworked d...

From virtual counselors that can hear depression creeping into a person's voice to smart watches that can detect stress, artificial intelligence is poised to revolutionize mental health care for patients with breast cancer.

Natural killer (NK) cells became markedly better at killing cancer cells after scientists removed key gene targets identified through a new genome-wide CRISPR screening tool, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

From virtual counselors that can hear depression creeping into a person's voice to smart watches that can detect stress, artificial intelligence is poised to revolutionize mental health care for patients with breast cancer.

A new AI system that creates simulated cancer genomes could reshape the tools used to analyze tumors, helping bring about more accurate cancer diagnosis and ultimately more effective treatments.

The clerical side of a doctor's job can be overwhelming—but new intelligent systems can help.

Natural killer (NK) cells became markedly better at killing cancer cells after scientists removed key gene targets identified through a new genome-wide CRISPR screening tool, according to new research from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Medical experts warn that artificial intelligence in colonoscopy procedures could weaken physicians' natural abilities to detect tumors without technology.

In a groundbreaking advance in the fight against blood cancers, a team of researchers has unveiled a novel therapeutic agent designed to eradicate stubborn leukemic stem and progenitor cells driving acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). The innovative bispecific innate cell engager, AFM28, marks a significant leap forward in targeted immunotherapy by specifically […]

A collaborative team from the Rosalind Franklin Institute, the University of Oxford, and Diamond Light Source has developed a breakthrough method that makes it possible to image very small proteins using cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). The results are published in Nature Chemical Biology.

Apple’s Vision Pro is a very nice piece of kit, but the $3,400 price means that even CEO Tim Cook has acknowledged it’s a niche product, and the 600g plus weight also means many find it uncomfortable to wear for longer than an hour. Chinese brand Vivo has attempted to address both issues in a design which looks remarkably like a direct copy of Apple’s spatial computer … more…

In the evolving landscape of cancer care, artificial intelligence (AI) stands poised to profoundly transform how mental health support is delivered to patients with breast cancer. Recent research spearheaded by clinical psychologist J. Kim Penberthy, PhD, at UVA Health and the UVA Cancer Center, highlights the promising integration of AI-driven technologies into mental health interventions […]

WALLINGFORD, U.K. — A new critical review, published in the journal CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, highlights the emergence and scientific basis of regenerative agriculture – proposing a working definition centred on ecological cycles and farm system outcomes. Dr Nicholas Bardsley, author of the paper from the Department of Agri-Food Economics and Marketing at the University […] The post Regenerative Agriculture: A Transformative Approach to Ecological Farming and Soil Recovery appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

The Advances in Biotechnology and Medicine: Insights from SLAS Technology, Volume 33 The ever-evolving landscape of biotechnology has been significantly enriched by continuous research and innovation, as evidenced in Volume 33 of SLAS Technology. This comprehensive issue presents an array of literature highlights, original research articles, and special features poised to influence the domain of […]

Exercise-based prehabilitation can improve exercise capacity, handgrip strength, and muscle thickness among kidney transplant candidates.

Three western Pennsylvania families were recognized with Century Farm designations at Penn State Ag Progress Days on Aug. 14, 2025. The post Western Pa. farms receive century farm honors for longevity appeared first on Farm and Dairy.

A new critical review, published in the journal CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, highlights the emergence and scientific basis of regenerative agriculture—proposing a working definition centered on ecological cycles and farm system outcomes.

In a groundbreaking advance that reshapes our understanding of cancer biology, a team of researchers has successfully leveraged genome-wide in vivo CRISPR screens to illuminate a crucial tumor suppressor mechanism within Myc-driven lymphoma—a notoriously aggressive cancer subtype. This work uncovers the GATOR1 complex as a potent tumor suppressor, illuminating a previously hidden regulatory axis that […]

America First Legal, founded by Trump aide Stephen Miller, is challenging Biden’s new kidney transplant model with FOIA requests over patient safety, ethical risks and outside influence.

arXiv:2508.14723v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Data augmentation is a critical technique in deep learning. Traditional methods like Back-translation typically focus on lexical-level rephrasing, which primarily produces variations with the same semantics. While large language models (LLMs) have enhanced text augmentation by their "knowledge emergence" capability, controlling the style and structure of these outputs remains challenging and requires meticulous prompt engineering. In this paper, we propose LMTransplant, a novel text augmentation paradigm leveraging LLMs. The core idea of LMTransplant is transplant-then-regenerate: incorporating seed text into a context expanded by LLM, and asking the LLM to regenerate a variant based on the expanded context. This strategy allows the model to create more diverse and creative content-level variants by fully leveraging the knowledge embedded in LLMs, while preserving the core attributes of the original text. We evaluate LMTransplant across

Legal and medical teams deal with some of the most complicated billing systems. Between time-based services, detailed codes,

Arthur Hayes, freshly pardoned by US President Donald Trump, has taken a board seat and major stake in a stem cell company where he’s also been a patient.

Parents are spending thousands of pounds to bank stem cells from their children's milk teeth – but the recipient companies' claims about their future medical value are unproven and potentially misleading, reveals an investigation by The BMJ, published today.

In a new observational study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden looked at all children listed for heart transplants in the Nordic countries between 1986 and 2023. A total of 597 children were included in the study, 461 of whom received a transplant. The results show that survival rates have increased significantly over time despite the modest volumes in the region—a development that the researchers attribute to technological advances, advanced technologies and better health care practices.

A groundbreaking medical experiment in Israel may soon give paralyzed patients the ability to walk again. Researchers at Tel Aviv University, working through biotech company Matricelf, are preparing to perform the world's first human transplant of a lab-grown spinal cord segment, following years of pioneering laboratory and animal studies. The post Israeli Scientists Prepare First Human Trial of Lab-Grown Spinal Cord Implant appeared first on Worthy Christian News.

The robot doctor will see you now? Not for the foreseeable future, anyway.

A research team involved in the recently published successful transplantation of allogeneic iPS cell-derived dopaminergic neural progenitors into patients with Parkinson's disease, led by former Junior Associate Professor Asuka Morizane and Professor Jun Takahashi (Department of Clinical Application), revealed the clinical safety and immune tolerance of the transplanted cells under moderate immunosuppression, regardless of HLA compatibility.

Built with Gemini, Google’s AI health coach will be everything but a doctor.

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google unveils a new Gemini-powered personal health coach for Fitbit, rolling out as a preview in October for Fitbit Premium users in the redesigned Fitbit app  —  At its Made by Google event on Wednesday, the company announced a new AI-powered personal health coach built with Gemini that's coming to Fitbit.

We won’t get to try it until October, but so far I’m cautiously curious. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge I'm not a fan of AI health and fitness features. Not only do they regurgitate Captain Obvious-level summaries of what you just did, but the "insights" are so generalized that a Google search is often more helpful. So it was with great skepticism that I walked into a demo to learn about Fitbit's forthcoming AI-powered personal health coach. To my surprise, I left cautiously curious about where Fitbit is going. "We really want to move towards this world of coaching," Andy Abramson, Google's director of product management for Fitbit and Health, says during a demo of the feature. Professional athletes have a whole team of people helping to craf … Read the full story at The Verge.

Alongside the Pixel Watch 4 (and family of Pixel 10 devices), Google also introduced a new “personal health coach” today at its Made By Google event. A preview of it will begin rolling out in October as part of the Fitbit app to Premium users in the US. The app is also getting a redesign which the company says will be “available with the latest Fitbit trackers, Fitbit smart watches and Pixel watches.” The first thing Fitbit users may notice is a visual refresh. In place of the current organization system, the bottom of the screen will feature four tabs: Today, Fitness, Sleep and Health. The home page (Today) will still feature daily progress stats in the form of bars and rings at the top, though these are now customizable so you can display your favorite metrics there.  Below this is a feed of your upcoming workouts, recent activity and progress reports served in individual cards that you can tap into for more information. This layout, with data visualizations at the top

At its Made by Google event on Wednesday, the company announced a new AI-powered personal health coach built with Gemini that’s coming to Fitbit. The tech giant says the new personal health coach is a fitness trainer, sleep coach, and wellness advisor all in one. Google plans to roll out a preview of the personal […]

The FDA gave Rocket Pharmaceuticals the green light to resume a clinical trial of its gene therapy for Danon disease, a rare genetic disorder that affects multiple organs, including the heart. Rocket is

The company plans to continue with a lower dose and a change in the pre-treatment regimen after a trial participant died earlier this year.

The Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, reports that human stem cell-derived A10-like midbrain dopaminergic neurons integrate into mouse mesocorticolimbic circuits and suppress anxiety and depression behaviors upon activation.

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google hires NBA star Stephen Curry as a “performance advisor” for its Health, Pixel, and Cloud products, including testing Fitbit's new personal health coach  —  Curry's role as Google's ‘performance advisor’ will involve providing feedback for Health, Pixel, and Cloud products.

Stephen Curry will likely be making some appearances in future Pixel ads. Google has brought NBA star Stephen Curry on board to help shape the company’s hardware, features, and AI services. The long-term partnership was announced today at the Made by Google event, with Curry joining the company as a “performance advisor” for Google’s Health, Pixel, and Cloud products, leaning into his athletic experience and expertise. Part of Curry’s job will involve testing and providing feedback for Fitbit’s new personal health coach, sharing “coaching methods and philosophies” that can be used to improve the feature, according to Google’s press release. The health coach is a Gemini-based chatbot that generates customized workout routines and metric targets for Fitbit app users based on the health goals they’re working towards. “This hands-on work

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Cascala Health has raised $8.6 million in seed funding to use AI to summarize patient data, helping healthcare providers to more effectively care for patients as they leave the hospital for another facility, Endpoints News ...

August is National Minority Donor Awareness Month. It's a time of celebrating organ donation and educating people about transplantation by encouraging donor registration and promoting healthy living.

Epic says it's developing roughly 200 different AI features for patients, clinicians and insurers.

Epic says it's developing roughly 200 different AI features for patients, clinicians and insurers.

Epic says it's developing roughly 200 different AI features for patients, clinicians and insurers.

Scientists developed a 3D printing method that creates hydrogels with tissue-like properties, paving the way for personalized implants and adaptive soft robotics.

arXiv:2508.13198v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Pediatric high grade gliomas are lethal evolutionary disorders with stalled developmental trajectories and disrupted differentiation hierarchies. We integrate transcriptional and algorithmic network complexity based perturbation analysis to elucidate gene expression patterns and molecular divergence between Diffuse Midline Gliomas and glioblastoma, revealing shared developmental programs steering cell fate decision making. Our complex systems approach supports the emerging paradigm that pediatric high grade gliomas are neurodevelopmental disorders with hybrid lineage identities and disrupted patterning. We identify dysregulated neurodevelopmental and morphogenetic signatures, alongside bioelectric and neurotransmitter signaling programs that alter synaptic organization, neuronal fate commitment, and phenotypic plasticity, regulating glioma phenotypic switching. Causal drivers and regulators of plasticity were predicted as both biomarkers

A Yale research team has created a new computer tool that can pinpoint when exactly genes turn on and off over time during brain development - a finding that may one day help doctors identify the optimal window to deploy gene therapy treatments.

Lexeo Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:LXEO) is one of the best IPO stocks to buy according to Wall Street analysts. Earlier on July 7, the US FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to Lexeo Therapeutics for its investigational drug, LX2006, which is a gene therapy for Friedreich ataxia/FA. The designation was based on interim clinical data from two […]

The benchmarking outfit is partnering with BiomedArena, a leaderboard specific to medical research.

Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are using novel nonviral gene therapy technology to gain insight into how to treat age-related heart disease. Researchers found that adding more brown fat or increasing the level of a fat molecule, or lipokine, released by energy-burning brown fat helps preserve heart health.

Exposure to high fine particulate matter significantly worsened post-kidney transplant mortality risk for recipients living in highly segregated neighborhoods, according to results of a study.Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a form of air pollution that has been shown to increase post-transplant mortality by 1.15-fold.“Exposure to PM2.5 increases the risk of post-kidney transplant mortality,” Yiting Li, MPH, Assistant Research Scientist in the Center for Surgical and Transplant Applied Research (C-STAR) in the Department of Surgery at New York University Grossman School of

Razer’s new headphones feature Gengar detailing all over. | Image: Razer Razer has announced that one of its most popular PC gaming peripherals from a Pokémon collaboration that was exclusive to China will soon be available in the US. The Gengar Edition of the Razer Kraken Kitty V2 headphones, which trade cute cat ears for the Pokémon’s purple spikes, are now available through the company’s online store for $139.99 in regions including the US, Canada, Australia, and Europe. The functionality of the Gengar Edition is identical to the standard Kraken Kitty V2 headphones, which feature a Razer HyperClear cardioid mic on a boom that minimizes background noises, 40mm drivers, and virtual 7.1 surround sound capabilities. You don’t have to worry about battery life because while the Kraken Kitty V2 is available in a Bluetooth version, the Gengar Edition is wired only. The

A groundbreaking medical experiment in Israel may soon give paralyzed patients the ability to walk again. Researchers at Tel Aviv University, working through biotech company Matricelf, are preparing to perform the world's first human transplant of a lab-grown spinal cord segment, following years of pioneering laboratory and animal studies. The post Israeli Scientists Prepare First Human Trial of Lab-Grown Spinal Cord Implant appeared first on Worthy Christian News.

Texas Children's is pleased to announce that a three-year-old girl has been successfully treated with the first-ever FDA-approved gene therapy treatment for AADC deficiency.

At this year’s AIMed25 conference, attendees will learn more about the future of AI in health care from industry leaders, fellow medical professionals and AI experts.Through its expert-led panels, discussions of AI strategy in health care and available networking and professional development opportunities, AIMed25 is “where the brightest minds in artificial intelligence and medicine converge to shape the future of healthcare,” according to its website.The conference will be held at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego from Monday, Nov. 10, through Wednesday, Nov. 12.

Superpower, a startup that tells people about their health based on blood test results, is cutting its price down to $199 a year, Endpoints News learned exclusively. The San Francisco-based startup joins an emerging class ...

Ryuji Morizane, MD, PhD, of the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior/corresponding author of a new paper published in Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, "AAV for gene therapy drives a nephrotoxic response via NFκB in kidney organoids."

A study in Poland found that doctors appeared less likely to detect abnormalities during colonoscopies on their own after they'd grown used to help from an AI tool.

arXiv:2502.13959v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Drug discovery is a long, expensive, and complex process, relying heavily on human medicinal chemists, who can spend years searching the vast space of potential therapies. Recent advances in artificial intelligence for chemistry have sought to expedite individual drug discovery tasks; however, there remains a critical need for an intelligent agent that can navigate the drug discovery process. Towards this end, we introduce LIDDIA, an autonomous agent capable of intelligently navigating the drug discovery process in silico. By leveraging the reasoning capabilities of large language models, LIDDIA serves as a low-cost and highly-adaptable tool for autonomous drug discovery. We comprehensively examine LIDDIA , demonstrating that (1) it can generate molecules meeting key pharmaceutical criteria on over 70% of 30 clinically relevant targets, (2) it intelligently balances exploration and exploitation in the chemical space, and (3) it

arXiv:2508.12470v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The increased Internet of Medical Things IoMT and the Industrial Internet of Things IIoT interconnectivity has introduced complex cybersecurity challenges, exposing sensitive data, patient safety, and industrial operations to advanced cyber threats. To mitigate these risks, this paper introduces a novel transformer-based intrusion detection system IDS, termed BiGAT-ID a hybrid model that combines bidirectional gated recurrent units BiGRU, long short-term memory LSTM networks, and multi-head attention MHA. The proposed architecture is designed to effectively capture bidirectional temporal dependencies, model sequential patterns, and enhance contextual feature representation. Extensive experiments on two benchmark datasets, CICIoMT2024 medical IoT and EdgeIIoTset industrial IoT demonstrate the model's cross-domain robustness, achieving detection accuracies of 99.13 percent and 99.34 percent, respectively. Additionally, the model exhibits

arXiv:2508.12022v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Major Depressive Disorder is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide, yet its diagnosis still depends largely on subjective clinical assessments. Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds promise for developing objective, scalable, and timely diagnostic tools. In this paper, we present a comprehensive survey of state-of-the-art AI methods for depression detection and diagnosis, based on a systematic review of 55 key studies. We introduce a novel hierarchical taxonomy that structures the field by primary clinical task (diagnosis vs. prediction), data modality (text, speech, neuroimaging, multimodal), and computational model class (e.g., graph neural networks, large language models, hybrid approaches). Our in-depth analysis reveals three major trends: the predominance of graph neural networks for modeling brain connectivity, the rise of large language models for linguistic and conversational data, and an emerging focus on

arXiv:2508.11805v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) read neural signals directly from the brain to infer motor planning and execution. However, the implementation of this technology has been largely limited to laboratory settings, with few real-world applications. We developed a bimanual BCI system to drive a vehicle in both simulated and real-world environments. We demonstrate that an individual with tetraplegia, implanted with intracortical BCI electrodes in the posterior parietal cortex (PPC) and the hand knob region of the motor cortex (MC), reacts at least as fast and precisely as motor intact participants, and drives a simulated vehicle as proficiently as the same control group. This BCI participant, living in California, could also remotely drive a Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicle in Michigan. Our first teledriving task relied on cursor control for speed and steering in a closed urban test facility. However, the final BCI system added click control for

arXiv:2508.11797v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Due to HIPAA and other privacy regulations, it is imperative to maintain patient privacy while conducting research on patient health records. In this paper, we propose AegisBlock, a patient-centric access controlled framework to share medical records with researchers such that the anonymity of the patient is maintained while ensuring the trustworthiness of the data provided to researchers. AegisBlock allows for patients to provide access to their medical data, verified by miners. A researcher submits a time-based range query to request access to records from a certain patient, and upon patient approval, access will be granted. Our experimental evaluation results show that AegisBlock is scalable with respect to the number of patients and hospitals in the system, and efficient with up to 50% of malicious miners.

Ryuji Morizane, MD, Ph.D., of the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior/corresponding author of a new paper published in Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, titled "AAV for gene therapy drives a nephrotoxic response via NFκB in kidney organoids."

Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) is one of the 9 Best NYSE Stocks to Buy According to Hedge Funds. On August 14, Reuters reported that Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) has entered into a deal worth $1.3 billion with Superluminal Medicines, a privately held company. The aim of this deal is to use AI to […]

Ochsner Children's has achieved a major milestone by performing the first robotic-assisted pediatric spine deformity surgery in Louisiana and the Gulf South.

In a groundbreaking study that reshapes our understanding of renal pathology, researchers have unveiled a novel role of the protein Pannexin1 in promoting cellular senescence and subsequent renal fibrosis following acute kidney injury (AKI). This discovery not only deepens the molecular insights into kidney disease progression but also opens new avenues for therapeutic intervention. The […]

A Mediterranean lifestyle survey of over 4,000 adults across seven countries found that while men and women scored similarly on overall adherence, they achieved this through different patterns of diet, exercise, and well-being. Tailored strategies may be needed to support gender-specific improvements in health behaviors.

Revolutionizing Pediatric Spine Surgery: Ochsner Children’s Performs Louisiana’s First Robotic-Assisted Pediatric Spine Deformity Operation In a groundbreaking advancement for pediatric orthopedic surgery, Ochsner Children’s has successfully completed the first-ever robotic-assisted pediatric spine deformity surgery in Louisiana and the broader Gulf South region. This landmark procedure marks a significant evolution in surgical precision and patient safety, […]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced plans to investigate both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for offering AI chatbots that can claim to be health tools, and potentially misusing data collected from underage users. Paxton says that AI chatbots from either platform "can present themselves as professional therapeutic tools," to the point of lying about their qualifications. That behavior that can leave younger users vulnerable to misleading and inaccurate information. Because AI platforms often rely on user prompts as another source of training data, either company could also be violating young user's privacy and misusing their data. This is of particular interest in Texas, where the SCOPE Act places specific limits on what companies can do with data harvested from minors, and requires platform's offer tools so parents can manage the privacy settings of their children's accounts. For now, the Attorney General has submitted Civil Investigative

The ability to correct disease-causing genetic mistakes using genome editors holds great promise in medicine, but it is not without risk. When this type of "genetic surgery" is performed on DNA, for instance, there is always the danger of leaving permanent genetic scars that may even be heritable.

It may take the FDA three months longer than expected to decide whether to approve Regenxbio’s gene therapy for a rare disease called Hunter syndrome, the company announced Monday evening. The agency pushed its decision ...

A groundbreaking advancement in artificial intelligence is poised to transform the landscape of medical diagnostics, as researchers from Johns Hopkins University unveil a novel AI methodology named MIGHT (Multidimensional Informed Generalized Hypothesis Testing). Developed with the ultrahigh standards demanded by clinical environments, MIGHT exceeds conventional AI capabilities by delivering unparalleled reliability and interpretability in decision-making […]

Two studies led by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Ludwig Center, and Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering researchers report on a powerful new method that significantly improves the reliability and accuracy of artificial intelligence (AI) for many applications. As an example, they apply the new method to early cancer detection from blood samples, known as liquid biopsy.