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Andrew Silver / Reuters: After China's anti-corruption crackdown on hospital visits and pharma reps, drugmakers are turning to AI assistants from Alibaba and others to reach physicians  —  Drugmakers in China are seizing on a boom in digital assistants that has opened up a new — and potentially more efficient …

Researchers are exploring fetal gene editing to treat rare genetic disorders before they cause lasting damage.

A genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies FOXJ3 as an inhibitor of ferroptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma that promotes tumor progression through OTUD5-mediated stabilization of GSTP1.

A review evaluates how bioactive compounds from traditional medicine pair with engineered biomaterials to modulate immune pathways and promote bone defect repair.

As study after study reveals unexpected health benefits of GLP-1s, longevity researchers are launching trials to examine the drugs’ effects in a surprising population: healthy people.

A prospective single-center study in an African tertiary hospital found that initial implementation of the modular Versius robotic platform in urologic oncology was technically feasible with acceptable early perioperative safety.

A multimodal curriculum combining 3D printing and case-based learning significantly improved medical students' operational skills, knowledge, and diagnostic case analysis in orthopedic sports medicine.

arXiv:2611.14490v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We show that every projective clone homomorphism from a closed function clone containing the automorphism group of a countable homogeneous Ramsey structure $\Delta$ in a finite relational language is uniformly continuous. This answers, for such structures, open questions previously raised by Barto, Bodirsky, Marimon, Pongr\'acz, and the second author in several papers (Bodirsky, Pinsker, Pongr\'acz, J. Symb. Log. 2021; Barto, Pinsker, SIAM J. Comput. 2020; Marimon, Pinsker, arXiv:2512.01086). Consequently, the polymorphism clone of a first-order reduct $\Gamma$ of $\Delta$ admits a projective clone homomorphism if and only if $\Gamma$ primitively positively interprets all finite structures; in other words, this ability of $\Gamma$ is characterised by the absence of non-trivial identities in its polymorphism clone, a purely algebraic condition.sence of non-trivial identities in its polymorphism clone, i.e., a purely algebraic condition.

A multimodal artificial intelligence framework combining CT scans, pathology slides, and tumor microenvironment markers improved survival risk prediction after surgery for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

A biomimetic nanoparticle that combines antibacterial, immunomodulatory, and regenerative actions could offer a more comprehensive strategy for periodontitis. Researchers developed neutrophil-macrophage hybrid membrane-coated minocycline-loaded gelatin nanoparticles (NMm@MINO) and evaluated whether the platform could control periodontal pathogens, reprogram macrophages toward a repair-associated phenotype, and support periodontal tissue repair. The nanoparticle was designed for protease-responsive drug release and tested for bactericidal activity in vitro, macrophage polarization, osteogenesis, osteoclastogenesis, fibroblast function, as well as its therapeutic effects in a ligature-induced rat model. The work supports a multi-target local therapeutic approach that addresses infection, inflammation, and tissue destruction together rather than focusing on bacterial control alone.

arXiv:2606.11337v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Scientific AI agents increasingly retrieve evidence, reason across sources, and synthesize conclusions used in consequential decisions. Yet, their ability to do so in high-stakes domains such as health remains unclear. We introduce SciConBench, a large-scale live benchmark of 9.21K questions and expert-written conclusions from systematic reviews to evaluate open-domain scientific conclusion synthesis in health and medical domains. The benchmark draws on an expert-validated automated evaluation pipeline that decomposes conclusions into atomic facts and measures correctness and comprehensiveness via factual precision and recall. To mitigate data leakage, we further introduce SciConHarness, a clean-room evaluation harness that equips agents with controlled web interaction to ensure valid measurement. Evaluating 8 frontier models and deep research agents, we find that factual quality remains low: under clean-room settings, the best agent

arXiv:2611.13890v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent work has shown that pretrained image generators can support diverse visual tasks. Yet directly applying them to language-guided unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) segmentation exposes a key limitation: a plausible mask may correspond to the wrong instance among small and repeated objects. We call this mismatch between mask rendering and expression-level target selection the Grounding-Rendering Gap. We present DroneSegEdit, which combines RGB proposal rendering with language-grounded, proposal-constrained verification to select supported foreground while retaining rendered geometry. DroneSegEdit adapts the open-weight LongCat-Image-Edit model using task-specific LoRA and fixed color-to-label decoding. For referring segmentation, a Language-Grounded Spatial Verifier (LGSV) reads hierarchical states from the frozen multimodal large language model backbone to derive expression-conditioned spatial evidence, which is mapped back to the

arXiv:2611.13845v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present Alania-2, a Turkish text-to-speech (TTS) system with two built-in voices, voice design from text descriptions, and two kinds of voice cloning. Alania-2 is a 488M-parameter model with the VoxCPM architecture, which generates continuous audio latents with a diffusion head on top of a language-model backbone. We train it from scratch on 18,195 hours of Turkish speech, 90% of which is synthetic speech produced by a larger teacher model and filtered automatically. A text normalizer rewrites numbers, abbreviations and foreign names into the words a Turkish speaker would say; without it, none of 96 test sentences with digits kept all its critical parts, such as an amount or a date, through synthesis and speech recognition, against 86 with it. On Freya-TR-Eval, a public benchmark of 495 Turkish sentences scored with automatic speech recognition, Alania-2 reaches a word error rate of 1.44%, compared with 5.99% for our previous system.

arXiv:2611.13039v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reliable medical laboratory automation requires robots to complete entire workflows in protocol order while handling changes during execution. A robot may execute each motion correctly yet fail the workflow by confusing visually similar stages or stalling after human intervention. We present Robo-MLT, a dual-system framework that couples explicit workflow monitoring with learned action generation. A vision--language planner composes an ordered atomic-skill sequence from the protocol and the initial workspace observation. A multiframe execution monitor detects when the active skill has completed or become infeasible, then advances the workflow or triggers replanning. A skill-conditioned vision--language--action policy generates the manipulation trajectories, and an asynchronous runtime coordinates it with the monitor. We evaluate Robo-MLT against four policy baselines and a VLM-based monitor baseline on blood gas analysis and blood sample

A scoping review led by Georgetown University researchers found that only 13 percent of published articles examining artificial intelligence and health equity provided a specific definition of health equity.

A review in Skin indicates that artificial intelligence can assist with dermatological diagnosis and treatment planning, but persistent dataset imbalances and limited external validation remain key hurdles.

Although artificial intelligence now nominates a substantial share of Alzheimer's disease pipeline candidates, translating computational drug repurposing into clinical efficacy requires rigorous pharmacological validation.

A pilot clinical study indicates that fecal microbiota transplantation may aid intestinal recovery and alleviate symptoms in patients convalescing from severe pneumonia.

A comprehensive review reveals that deep learning artificial intelligence systems achieve over ninety percent accuracy in bladder cancer detection, though widespread clinical adoption still faces critical validation hurdles.

A multicentre cohort study found recent trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis in kidney transplant recipients was associated with higher resistance rates during subsequent bloodstream infections.

UCLA Health performs its first single-port robotic lobectomy, using a new technique that could reduce pain and make recovery easier for patients with lung cancer.

A major review of more than 350 studies suggests that eating less protein could slow aging, improve metabolic health, and potentially extend lifespan, challenging the widespread belief that more protein is always better. Researchers warn that many sedentary adults may be consuming too much protein, while emphasizing that individual needs depend on age and physical activity.

A cross-sectional study of 362 pregnant women in Istanbul found no significant association between food neophobia and adherence to the Mediterranean diet.

Scientists using CRISPR/Cas9 multi-gene deletions in Arabidopsis thaliana have demonstrated that plant freezing tolerance relies on functional redundancy across the tandemly arrayed CBF gene family.

A review of three pediatric cases highlights distinct temporal characteristics in cytomegalovirus retinitis following bone marrow transplantation compared with adults.

A comprehensive review in the Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences details how artificial intelligence and machine learning are transforming drug discovery by accelerating target identification, optimizing clinical trials, and enabling advanced nanomedicine applications.

Ten consecutive adult recipients successfully underwent living donor robot-assisted kidney transplantation at an initial center in Thailand using structured training and proctorship.

A team of researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has evaluated various artificial intelligence (AI) language models to simplify medical reports and adapt them into clearer language for nonexpert audiences. This work will help patients better understand their health conditions and properly adhere to prescribed treatments.

Researchers found that TET3 promotes facial nerve regeneration in rats by demethylating the ATF3 promoter to enhance Schwann cell repair functions.

Mum-of-four Donna Marklew, from Coventry, discovered she had cancer after a post-op biopsy.

Oura announced its quarterly earnings today and said it agreed to acquire Counsel Health for $625 million, after adding the company's AI chatbot to its app earlier this year. Counsel Health calls itself an "AI-native primary care company," using the app to deliver AI-generated responses and insights based on users' health data reported from their wearables that can then proceed to a conversation with one of its in-house physicians. Oura says it expects the deal to close before the end of the year. Oura CEO Tom Hale said in an interview with Bloomberg that the acquisition is part of a plan to connect wearables, clinical AI, and access to do … Read the full story at The Verge.

A critical narrative evaluation shows that non-coding RNAs in neural stem cell vesicles provide uneven causal proof of therapeutic necessity after ischemic brain injury.

A 43-year-old male patient with chronic kidney disease and complex venous thrombosis underwent a successful orthotopic renal transplant using an unconventional surgical technique, as reported in a case study published in the African Journal of Urology.

Former SignalFire investor Sahir Raoof raises $27.5M for new fund targeting AI in pharma

A 2024 review in BMC Biomedical Engineering details how generative AI techniques are enhancing brain-computer interface accuracy, resolution, and cross-subject performance.

ORLANDO — AI offers value within lifestyle medicine thanks to its ability to raise practice capacity and lower administrative loads, a speaker at the American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s annual meeting said.As AI within healthcare continues to expand, patients’ openness to the technology may be underestimated by healthcare professionals, according to a recently released West Health-Gallup survey.The survey (n = 5,330) showed that across three aspects of clinical care, between 38% to 56% of patients are comfortable with AI use if a provider is involved.The data also indicated that nearly

Medical students participating in an artificial intelligence-supported doctor–patient communication learning pathway showed statistically significant changes in their ethical and acceptability-related perceptions over time, according to a longitudinal empirical ethics survey published in BMC Medical Ethics.

The deal comes a few weeks after Oura postponed its up to $2.2 billion IPO indefinitely, citing “uncertainty in the IPO market.”

Wearable ringmaker Oura is buying AI primary care startup Counsel Health. Oura is paying $625 million in cash for Counsel, which offers medical AI services as well as virtual visits with doctors. The idea is ...

A nationwide registry study of deceased donor kidney transplantations in Thailand found that longer cold ischemia time was independently associated with increased risks of delayed graft function and graft failure.

Researchers found that TFAP2A drives stemness, metastasis, and paclitaxel resistance in aggressive breast cancer models through KDM4B transcriptional regulation.

The placenta is essential for a healthy pregnancy, but the earliest steps of its formation have been hidden from scientific view. Now Columbia researchers led by Mijo Simunovic have created lab-grown organoids that reconstruct the earliest steps in human placenta formation, offering a powerful new tool for studying how pregnancy begins and why it often fails. The development of the 3D models is described in the current issue of Nature Cell Biology.

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Oura agrees to acquire AI and on-demand doctor service Counsel Health for $625M, says Q4 revenue grew 153% YoY to $533M and FY 2026 revenue grew 92% to $1.75B  —  Oura Inc. agreed to acquire artificial intelligence and on-demand doctor service Counsel Health Inc. for $625 million …

The 3rd International e-Health Forum in Casablanca highlighted advancements in AI-driven diagnostics, telemedicine, and digital health governance in Morocco.

By disrupting the transcription factor gene Bbsmr1, the team created fungal strains that overproduce oosporein, a red-pigmented secondary metabolite.

A retrospective cohort study found that multisite native tissue repair achieved higher anatomical and subjective success rates than standard anterior colporrhaphy for anterior vaginal prolapse.

Oura is buying Counsel Health, an AI-native primary care company, for $625m in cash. The deal puts Counsel’s medical AI and its doctors inside the Oura app, Oura said on Tuesday. Ring wearers will go from a health insight to a chat with an AI, then to a physician. Oura expects to close the deal […] This story continues at The Next Web

TUESDAY, Nov. 10, 2026 —Patients with stable heart disease who received a stent implant or bypass surgery early in their treatment did not live longer than those who received more conservative treatment, a new study found.Conservative treatment...

A study reveals that CRISPR immunity benefits Pseudomonas aeruginosa most against virulent phages that are difficult for bacteria to resist through spontaneous receptor mutations.

A World Health Organization policy brief reports that while 92 percent of surveyed European Member States view clear liability rules as vital for artificial intelligence in healthcare, only 8 percent have established liability standards or guidance.

A new study in Cellular Oncology identifies GTSE1 as a key driver of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma stemness through the Hippo signaling pathway.

More than half of patients (56%) are comfortable with artificial intelligence (AI) making diagnosis or treatment decisions when their health care provider can change or override them, but that figure falls to just 9% when AI makes those decisions without provider review, according to new data from the West Health-Gallup Center on Healthcare in America. The nationally representative survey of more than 5,000 U.S. adults found similar patterns in patient comfort with AI used to interpret diagnostic images or make medication decisions.

A scientific review details how keratin extracted from livestock and poultry waste is being engineered into biomaterials for wound healing, drug delivery, and tissue regeneration.

A single experimental CTX310 infusion lowered triglycerides by 63% after 30 days in 10 adults with severe hypertriglyceridemia, though longer and larger studies are needed.

Advertisements from four companies related to stem cell treatments for autism in children have been banned by the UK advertising regulator for being misleading.The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) issued the rulings on specific advertisements from three Turkish companies (Linden Stem Cell, Rumi Pulse Medical Tourism Agency, and You Clinic Turkey) and one Serbian company (Swiss Medica XXI Century).1234The rulings cover five adverts that appeared on Google and Meta’s platforms (including Facebook and Instagram) in the UK in 2026.An ASA spokesperson said that the authority received a public complaint about one advert, which led it to check whether other clinics were making similar claims.“We found that there were and, given the vulnerable audience and potential for serious harm and detriment from misleading claims to treat autism, we launched a number of proactive investigations,” the spokesperson said.The barred advertisements are the latest instances of “ads making claims around

By interrupting this pathological cascade, the intervention preserves the pool of muscle satellite cells (MuSCs), which are essential for muscle repair, and improves functional recovery after delayed nerve repair in a murine model.

A letter in Annals of Intensive Care highlights how infection types, combination regimens, and rejection surveillance affect immunosuppressive management in kidney transplant recipients with sepsis.

Researchers using a specialized ex vivo human skin platform found that transplanted surface bacteria significantly reduced ultraviolet-induced DNA damage, oxidative lesions, and stress signaling despite substantial bacterial attrition.

A new study reveals that chromatin accessibility changes precede gene expression during the osteogenic differentiation of porcine synovium-derived mesenchymal stem cells, identifying key transcription factors and regulatory networks involved in bone formation.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is putting $100M worth of AI and cloud technology into health projects for underserved communities around the world. The AWS Health Impact Initiative will run for five years. Rather than cash, organisations receive credits to use AWS’s AI tools, AI agents and cloud computing. Health charities, government bodies, researchers and companies can […] This story continues at The Next Web

Regulatory systems in wealthier parts of the world ensure that a great many different compounds at different doses are entered into long-term toxicology studies primarily conducted in mice. Researchers here report on the results of looking through that data in search of compounds that improved health and extended life. Hormesis is the name given to the benefits to health and longevity resulting from mild exposure to stress, whether toxicity, heat, cold, lack of nutrients, and so forth. Cells have evolved to react with increased maintenance and defenses when placed under stress, and if the stress is mild and transient, then the overall outcome is a net benefit to cell and tissue function. It is thus reasonable to think in advance of checking that some toxicology […]

Elevated pulmonary artery systolic pressure is linked to lower survival after a heart transplant, despite pulmonary vascular resistance remaining below the accepted limit.

Google Health now brings blood pressure readings and glucose trends together, with new charts showing how meals, sleep, and exercise fit into the picture. The post Google Health Adds Blood Pressure Logging — and a New Way to Track Glucose appeared first on TechRepublic.

A mini review finds that while short-term hernia repair outcomes are similar for transplant recipients, long-term recurrence rates vary widely and the independent effect of transplantation remains unproven.

Outdoor mesocosm experiments showed a competitive effect on Halodule wrightii transplants when occurrence of the native macroalga Caulerpa prolifera reached 90%.

A narrative review in Cardiology and Therapy questions the utility of routine asymptomatic cardiac screening before kidney transplantation, noting that delays from extensive testing may outweigh potential benefits.

A qualitative study in BMC Women's Health explores the hospitalization experiences of 15 patients with interstitial cystitis undergoing their first fecal microbiota transplantation, identifying themes of concern, confusion, and eventual trust.

Researchers have cloned the porcine AANAT gene, generated high-titer polyclonal antibodies, and mapped its expression predominantly to pinealocyte cytoplasm.

A narrative review indicates that kidney transplant recipients face unique heart failure risks and severe underutilization of guideline-directed medical therapies despite growing disease burden.

A study of 55 robot-assisted knee replacements found that manual stress measurements of joint laxity often diverged from force-controlled tensioner readings, particularly in the lateral compartment at mid-flexion angles.

Health care equipment maker Ceragem has won nine CES 2027 Innovation Awards for eight products on Tuesday, marking its fourth consecutive year of recognition and bringing its cumulative total to 30 awards. The company has previously won three awards in 2024, six in 2025 and 12 in 2026. This year’s awards include products designed to meet the health care needs of different age groups, from infants and young children to older adults. The eight award-winning products are: Ceragem artificial intelligence (AI) Wellness Home, Therapier AI Multi Boosting Capsule, Youridm AI Muscle Longevity System, AI Sleep Recovery Pillow, AI Pet Wellness Suite, AI Neuro Focus Office Chair, Senior Wellness Sofa with AI Adaptive Care and AI Sensor Pod & Smart Crib. Ceragem AI Wellness Home, which won an award in the AI category, uses physical AI to analyze users' biometric data and daily routines, assess their health status and automatically adjust connected home environments and health care devices to their

A retrospective study of 12 patients found that luspatercept effectively treated severe anemia caused by poor erythroid engraftment after allogeneic stem cell transplantation, with 11 patients achieving a response and stopping transfusions.

General-purpose vision-language models converted CT scans into numerical features that predicted postoperative pathological AJCC stage groups in renal cell carcinoma with an external F1 of 0.698 and an AUROC of 0.942, performing comparably to a 3D ResNet-18 and physician consensus in a retrospective study.

A comprehensive scientific review outlines how emerging biomaterials and tissue engineering technologies advance regenerative healthcare while aligning with United Nations sustainable development targets.

A new treatment approach could help people with an aggressive form of bladder cancer live longer and reduce the chances of their cancer returning or progressing, particularly those who cannot receive standard chemotherapy, according to findings from a large international clinical trial co-led by researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Researchers reported a clinical case involving a 56-year-old male patient with a large arteriovenous fistula in a transplanted kidney, successfully treated using minimally invasive endovascular coil embolization.

The Health app overhaul and new Apple Intelligence features lead the latest public beta.

A cross-sectional study in Tehran linked adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern with reduced sarcopenia risk among older diabetic adults.

Researchers evaluated an artificial intelligence framework combining hyperspectral imaging and infrared spectroscopy to accurately identify expired medicines across six pharmaceutical classes without destroying samples.

Extracellular vesicles derived from human urine stem cells attenuated renal damage, oxidative stress, and inflammation in a murine model of sepsis-associated acute kidney injury.

Field research in southern Brazil reveals that endangered Araucaria angustifolia conifers survive moderate wildfires through vegetative resprouting, with mortality spiking only at severe burn thresholds.

People with alcohol-associated liver disease who received a liver transplant survived years longer than those who did not, but there are disparities in which patients receive a transplant. A large study published in Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research found that liver transplantation was associated with significantly longer survival in both the short term and longer term. Yet, women and African Americans had lower odds of receiving a transplant, even though neither group had a higher risk of death than men or white patients.

Growth of regenerative agriculture depends less on scaling a single model and more on understanding how change unfolds in different places. The post Guest article: A landscape-scale strategy for regenerative agriculture appeared first on AgFunderNews.

In dexamethasone-treated bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, researchers identified neoeriocitrin as an mTORC1-targeting citrus flavonoid that restores osteogenic differentiation by activating autophagy.

A systematic review in Frontiers in Public Health details China's shift to intelligent health insurance governance, highlighting the role of machine learning and blockchain in fund supervision.

People with alcohol-associated liver disease who received a liver transplant survived years longer than those who did not, but there are disparities in which patients receive a transplant.

Artificial intelligence is helping to analyze and improve health care systems—from waiting times to treatment outcomes and costs. However, some of the most important aspects of care remain harder to measure—such as whether people feel heard, understood and genuinely cared for.

A self-controlled observational study of kidney transplant recipients found that caspofungin co-administration was associated with significantly lower tacrolimus pre-dose concentrations and higher mycophenolic acid levels, while cyclosporine concentrations showed no statistically significant change.

Researchers found that Wei-Mi-Shu Decoction reduced stomach injury and preserved regenerative stem cells in rat models of chronic gastritis.

A review in the Journal of Translational Medicine examines how mesenchymal stem cells may slow amyotrophic lateral sclerosis progression through immune modulation despite mixed clinical trial outcomes.

Stem cell-derived exosomes improved memory deficits in a rat model of Alzheimer’s disease, though adding the p38γ gene provided no additional benefit.

A narrative review evaluates engineering strategies, stability limits, and standardized benchmarks required to extend the storage of isolated mitochondria for clinical transplantation.

Researchers have identified a specific metabolic-inflammatory mechanism that drives follicular arrest in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a condition recognized as the leading cause of anovulatory infertility.

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials found that fecal microbiota transplantation does not show a statistically clear short-term benefit for intestinal decolonization of multidrug-resistant organisms.

A multinational study finds that ATTR-CM patients prioritize treatments that extend life and enable enjoyable activities over basic self-care, with once-daily oral administration being the most preferred mode.

Clinicians at the Royal Melbourne Hospital developed and evaluated an annual WhatsApp-based educational group to train nephrology fellows in assessing deceased donor organ offers.

Researchers in Uganda have developed a multitask multimodal artificial intelligence model that improves tuberculosis diagnosis, lesion detection, and report generation from chest radiographs.

A four-year field trial in Norway demonstrates that amending degraded agricultural soil with organic compost significantly increases wheat yields, replenishes soil organic carbon, and enhances beneficial microbial diversity compared to commercial organic fertilizer alone.

A commentary in Health Research Policy and Systems highlights that fewer than half of 3,560 surveyed United States hospitals use predictive artificial intelligence tools and that adoption is lower in high-need communities, arguing that learning health systems are necessary to support continuous evaluation, bias monitoring, and equitable integration.