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Researchers from Sciensano, partner of the DARWIN project, have published a new paper in npj Science of Food addressing one of the key scientific and regulatory challenges linked to genome-edited (GE) organisms, their reliable detection and identification in complex food mixtures.

A new viewpoint article published in JMIR Mental Health warns that artificial intelligence (AI) systems used in mental health settings may inherit and reinforce unreliable human input unless new safeguards are adopted.

After a flood of complaints about the Google Health app that just replaced Fitbit, Google has responded with a list of changes that will roll out starting this week. @verge We tried Fitbit Air's AI coach, and it turned out to be far more instructive than expected. The Verge's Victoria Song joins us on The Vergecast to talk through Google's new $99 fitness tracker and what it gets right. #Vergecast ♬ original sound - The Verge Google is addressing some of the biggest complaints users had, like the Today dashboard that can only show users' chosen health metrics in the top half of the screen. Soon, Google says it will "make it easier … Read the full story at The Verge.

Google Health roadmap details bug fixes and improvements amid backlash from Fitbit users  9to5GoogleGoogle Health brings your data into one place, on your terms  blog.googleGoogle Health is here, but a lot of people want their Fitbit app back instead  The VergeFitbit Air launches with issues for early users  Tech AdvisorGoogle Health’s rough Fitbit takeover is already forcing a major cleanup plan  Digital Trends

Google Health roadmap details bug fixes and improvements amid backlash from Fitbit users  9to5GoogleGoogle Health brings your data into one place, on your terms  blog.googleGoogle Health is here, but a lot of people want their Fitbit app back instead  The VergeFitbit Air launches with issues for early users  Tech AdvisorGoogle Health’s rough Fitbit takeover is already forcing a major cleanup plan  Digital Trends

China has unveiled an artificial intelligence platform for drug discovery that can screen a vast library of chemical compounds, cutting the initial drug screening phase from months or years down to tens of seconds. Developers said they expected the system to provide a novel method for identifying lead molecules to treat tumours, neurodegenerative conditions, rare diseases and emerging infectious diseases, as well as possibly speeding up drug research during public health crises. Called GalaxyVS,...

Google Health has replaced the Fitbit app and, with that, the major redesign has rolled out widely. Many Fitbit users are frustrated with the change and, in a new roadmap, we’re getting an overview of fixes and improvements coming to the Google Health app. more…

Health tech startup Signos announced a $20 million funding round Wednesday, including an expanded partnership with medical device giant Dexcom.

Health tech startup Signos announced a $20 million funding round Wednesday, including an expanded partnership with medical device giant Dexcom.

An eye exam produced a good distance prescription and a terrible computer prescription. Here's how AI helped decode the numbers and expose the mismatch.

Ina Fried / Axios: Biohub, the Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan-funded institute, releases a protein-structure prediction model and more, calling it “a world model” of proteins  —  Biohub, the Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan-funded institute, on Wednesday released what it says amounts to “a world model of protein biology.”

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Researchers will document patient experiences and barriers to care across British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.

Google is responding to criticism of its Fitbit replacement with a cleanup roadmap for Google Health, starting with workout fixes this week and expanding into sleep, nutrition, Coach, and data-sharing updates.

Increasing attention in the research community is being given to age-related dysfunction of microglia in the brain as a contribution to loss of cognitive function and onset and progression of neurodegenerative conditions. Microglia are innate immune cells analogous to macrophages elsewhere in the body, responsible not just for defense against pathogens, but also maintenance of neural tissue and supporting the function of neural networks. With age a growing population of microglia become senescent or otherwise inflammatory and disruptive to normal function of brain tissue. Given that established methods exist to either selectively destroy senescent microglia or completely clear the microglial population to allow it to reconsitute itself over a period of weeks, it seems that there should be more in the way of efforts to […]

Hong Kong health authorities have deployed an AI chatbot developed by a local university to help residents quit smoking, after missing their target despite a clampdown on tobacco products. The Tobacco and Alcohol Control Office also said on Wednesday that the city’s smoking rate had dropped to 8.5 per cent as of last year, one of the lowest among developed economies. The office unveiled its “Chat to Quit” chatbot pilot initiative as part of its annual “Quit in June” campaign. The drive also...

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Google Health Premium joins AI Pro as weekly email redesigned  9to5GoogleGoogle Health brings your data into one place, on your terms  blog.googleGoogle Health is here, but a lot of people want their Fitbit app back instead  The VergeFitbit Air launches with issues for early users  Tech AdvisorGoogle reveals massive list of fixes and new features coming to the Google Health app  Android Authority

Google Health Premium joins AI Pro as weekly email redesigned  9to5GoogleGoogle Health brings your data into one place, on your terms  blog.googleGoogle Health is here, but a lot of people want their Fitbit app back instead  The VergeFitbit Air launches with issues for early users  Tech AdvisorGoogle reveals massive list of fixes and new features coming to the Google Health app  Android Authority

arXiv:2605.26747v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) have brought huge improvements to Artificial Intelligence (AI), which can be applied to general-purpose tasks. However, their application to textual or spoken medical consultations is still an open research problem. This paper proposes MeDial-Speech, a novel speech dataset for training and evaluating Med-AIs that can carry out consultations with patients. It was collected in realistic environments from robot-patient and doctor-patient dialogues, contains 111+ hours of speech data (without data augmentation), and covers four health conditions: Lewy body dementia, heart failure, shoulder pain, and angina. In addition, we propose a dialogue benchmark via sentence selection (with 20 options) to evaluate three state-of-the-art LLMs: GPT-5 mini, DeepSeek-V3, and Claude Sonnet 4. Experimental results reveal that Claude Sonnet 4 is the best in sentence selection, with 71.1% accuracy using manual transcriptions and

A phase 1 NEJM interim analysis found that a single infusion of the investigational base-editing therapy VERVE-102 produced dose-dependent reductions in circulating PCSK9 protein and LDL cholesterol in adults with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia or premature coronary artery disease.

EAST LANSING, Mich. — In February 2026, Michigan State University Extension partnered with the MSU Center for Regenerative Agriculture to offer a special webinar series on regenerative agriculture. These sessions brought together farmers, educators and landowners who are interested in healthier soils, stronger farms and more resilient rural communities. The series introduced six key principles […] The post Regenerative Agriculture in Action: Grazing in Cropping Systems appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

After nearly two decades of life-threatening illness, repeated complications, and organ failure, 33-year-old Briana Dery of Twining, Mich., is looking ahead to a healthy future, after successfully undergoing one of the rarest and most complex procedures in modern medicine.

Besides the new mobile app fully rolling out today, Google Health is joining the Google AI Pro subscription. more…

Space embryos: China launches lab-grown human cells into orbit to study reproduction  YahooChina Sends Artificial Embryo Models To Orbit To Test Human Reproduction In Space  NDTVBypassing the 14-day rule: China’s ‘artificial embryos’ exploit a double loophole in orbit  WIONChina just sent human artificial embryos into space, and the results could change humanity’s future  The Times of IndiaIs Human Reproduction Possible in Space? China Sends Artificial Embryo Model to Orbit to Check, All You Need to Know  The Sunday Guardian

Space embryos: China launches lab-grown human cells into orbit to study reproduction  YahooChina Sends Artificial Embryo Models To Orbit To Test Human Reproduction In Space  NDTVBypassing the 14-day rule: China’s ‘artificial embryos’ exploit a double loophole in orbit  WIONChina just sent human artificial embryos into space, and the results could change humanity’s future  The Times of IndiaIs Human Reproduction Possible in Space? China Sends Artificial Embryo Model to Orbit to Check, All You Need to Know  The Sunday Guardian

DARPA envisions a future where "medicbots" link up to drag wounded personnel to safety, inject lifesaving drugs and form splits around broken limbs.

DARPA envisions a future where "medicbots" link up to drag wounded personnel to safety, inject lifesaving drugs and form splits around broken limbs.

Google Health is here, but a lot of people want their Fitbit app back instead  The VergeGoogle Health brings your data into one place, on your terms  blog.googleFitbit Air launches with issues for early users  Tech AdvisorGoogle Health 5.0 rolling out with new stats widget on Android  9to5GoogleGoogle Health for Android rollout was sped up as Fitbit Air buyers were struggling to pair  9to5Google

Google Health is here, but a lot of people want their Fitbit app back instead  The VergeGoogle Health brings your data into one place, on your terms  blog.googleFitbit Air launches with issues for early users  Tech AdvisorGoogle Health 5.0 rolling out with new stats widget on Android  9to5GoogleGoogle Health for Android rollout was sped up as Fitbit Air buyers were struggling to pair  9to5Google

Recent advances in artificial intelligence have enabled Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to identify nearly two dozen antiviral compounds that could potentially treat a rare species of Ebola virus (Bundibugyo virus) currently affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jeremy Kahn / Fortune: London-based Perceptic, which says its end-to-end AI platform for drug development is being used by top pharmaceuticals, raised a $12M seed led by Accel  —  A trio of former Palantir executives who helped spearhead that company's Life Sciences practice have founded a startup called Perceptic …

In a groundbreaking advancement for spinal cord injury (SCI) therapy, researchers have developed a novel treatment paradigm that synergistically combines electroacupuncture with human spinal cord-derived neural progenitor cells (hsc-NPCs) seeded on ordered collagen scaffolds. This integrative approach addresses the multifaceted challenges of SCI, aiming to restore neural electrical conduction, mitigate secondary muscle atrophy, and prevent […]

The Fitbit app is no more. Along with the launch of the new Fitbit Air (which you can expect a full review of once we've spent more time with it), Google has officially replaced it with Google Health, as previously announced, and many of the responses we've seen so far are full of confusion, frustration, and requests to get the old app back. One post on Reddit calls out a common issue, saying, "I can't even completely fill up my home screen. They only have 2 large tiles available and I can't just scroll down to see everything." The landing page has a small section up top showing steps and some other basic stats, but part of the app's main … Read the full story at The Verge.

Incumbent small- and medium-size partners can “do a lot of the legwork” around gene-edited crops, say F&A Next panelists. The post How to sell the next wave of gene-edited crops? Let the little guys do it appeared first on AgFunderNews.

In recent years, the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and healthcare has seen remarkable advancements, yet one of the more challenging domains remains psychiatric care, where the intricacies of human emotion and mental health conditions demand nuance and empathy in patient interactions. Understanding this complexity, a consortium of researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of […]

After three FDA rejections dating back to 2023, Outlook Therapeutics said the agency has reversed course regarding its reformulated version of Avastin for the eye condition known as wet AMD. "The FDA concluded that substantial ...

"Mammograms hold significant information about a women's heart health, which we can now discover using AI."

In a groundbreaking advancement poised to redefine the future of surgical care, 3D-printed anatomical models are emerging as indispensable tools for improving surgical outcomes. This innovative fusion of digital imaging and additive manufacturing technology offers an unprecedented level of precision and personalization in pre-surgical planning, implant design, and medical education. The technology’s ability to replicate […]

A new study led by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine suggests that an experimental gene therapy could help protect the brain from the damage and cognitive decline linked to TDP-43-related proteinopathy, a type of neurodegeneration that is a major driver of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and is also common in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The study is published in Alzheimer's & Dementia.

People often say that seeking psychiatric care can feel intimidating. Patients may feel burdened when they first open up about their emotional distress, while medical staff must accurately understand a patient's extensive history and symptoms within limited consultation time. Korean researchers have developed artificial intelligence (AI) technology that supports the initial psychiatric interview process, the first step in psychiatric care.

The Google Health app is replacing the Fitbit app, with the update having started rolling out over the past week. As Fitbit Air pre-orders land on doorsteps, Google has confirmed that it has sped up the rollout since it is required to pair the new fitness tracker. more…

The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has issued a damning verdict on Department of Defence planning for the life-extension program.

Fitbit Air Review: Health Tracking For The AI Generation  EngadgetGoogle’s Fitbit Air Gives Whoop Some Serious Competition  Bloomberg.comFitbit Air Review: Is It Really a Smartwatch Killer?  CNETFitbit Air is the best hardware offering from Google in years  Android PoliceGoogle’s New Screen-Less Fitbit Air Proves Less Is More  WIRED

Fitbit Air Review: Health Tracking For The AI Generation  EngadgetGoogle’s Fitbit Air Gives Whoop Some Serious Competition  Bloomberg.comFitbit Air Review: Is It Really a Smartwatch Killer?  CNETFitbit Air is the best hardware offering from Google in years  Android PoliceGoogle’s New Screen-Less Fitbit Air Proves Less Is More  WIRED

The Fitbit Air is a serious rival to Whoop and other screenless wearable trackers thanks to its solid hardware, comprehensive software and competitive pricing.

People often say that seeking psychiatric care can feel intimidating. Patients may feel burdened when they first open up about their emotional distress, while medical staff must accurately understand a patient's extensive history and symptoms within limited consultation time.

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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) researchers have developed a way to use holograms to guide laser light for ultra-efficient, fast, and precise volumetric 3D printing. The innovation enables cell-compatible, high-resolution 3D printing at scales suitable for biomedical applications. Last year, EPFL scientists published an improved approach to tomographic volumetric additive manufacturing (TVAM): a 3D printing method that uses laser light to harden a rotating vial of photosensitive resin into a desired shape. In that work, the researchers used holograms to encode 3D forms by modulating the alignment (phase) of light waves rather than their brightness (amplitude), as previous methods had done,...

Eli Lilly said a base editing gene therapy from its purchase of Verve Therapeutics delivered additional positive results in a Phase 1b trial, paving the way for a mid-stage test by year’s ...

It remains an open question as to whether anything discovered about the roots of individual variation in life expectancy within a species will give rise to usefully effective interventions to treat aging. Some researchers hold up the passage of late life aging in centenarians as a goal to aim for - but centenarians, while having evaded death for longer than most, are nonetheless greatly impacted by degenerative aging and exhibit significant dysfunction and mortality rates. We must aim higher, to create therapies that produce results that do not happen naturally in old people, such as comprehensive clearance of senescent cells in aged tissues, replacement of damaged mitochondria with functional mitochondria, and so forth. Actual repair of dysfunction, not just slowing it down a little. Ageing […]

Men who do not produce sperm can’t be helped by existing fertility treatments, but a start-up is now claiming it can grow their sperm in the lab. Columnist Michael Le Page suspects this technique will have to be combined with gene editing if it is to help many men

Researchers hope the work will help identify affordable, effective drugs to treat conditions like MND.

arXiv:2602.00443v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Modern voice cloning, also known as zero-shot text-to-speech (TTS), can synthesize speech that closely matches a target speaker from only seconds of reference audio, enabling applications such as personalized speech interfaces and dubbing. In practice, these systems often face noisy reference audio, imperfect text prompts, multilingual and long-form generation, post-processing, and adversarial perturbations, all of which can weaken robustness. Despite rapid progress in codec-token language models and diffusion-based TTS, robustness under realistic deployment shifts remains underexplored. This paper introduces RVCBench, a comprehensive dataset and benchmark for evaluating robustness in voice cloning. RVCBench provides task-aligned tests covering controlled text-audio pairing, multilingual and long-form scenarios, expressive prompts, post-processing conditions, and passive or proactive audio perturbations. Across 18 robustness

arXiv:2605.25193v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Visual and acoustic events in the physical world are inherently coupled, yet existing video editing methods typically adopt decoupled pipelines, lacking bidirectional modality interaction. This results in two key limitations: (i) audio-visual desynchronization and (ii) contextual conflicts between generated audio and preserved content. To address these, we propose SpongeBob, the first end-to-end audio-visual joint editing framework featuring bidirectional cross-modal interaction. For synchronization, a Sync-Aware Mechanism aligns visual edits with sound events via bidirectional attention, temporal alignment, and spatial constraints. For contextual consistency, a Context-Aware Module leverages acoustic and visual context attention to prevent semantic clashes. Additionally, we introduce Sync-Preserving Training and Guidance (SPTG) to enhance alignment without degrading quality. Due to the scarcity of paired data, we construct a scalable

arXiv:2605.25156v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Prediction models trained under the source distribution do not generalize well to a different target distribution. A valid inference about an unseen data distribution must be anchored by the invariance of certain causal mechanisms that generate the source and target data, however, these structural invariances are non-identifiable from the source data alone. Under mild causal assumptions about the data, we show that the optimal prediction in the target is in fact partially identifiable by the source distribution. The result rests on a simple observation: In any domain, the optimal prediction can be factorized into what we call a pair of abduction and deduction maps, where the abduction map makes inference about some unobserved variables (possibly confounders) from the observed variables and the deduction map predicts the label using both the observed and inferred quantities. Access to large source data pins down the optimal prediction,

arXiv:2605.24699v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Most reported gains on agentic-LLM clinical benchmarks are often attributed to prompt engineering, yet our results suggest that larger improvements can come from architectural and engine-level design. We present MDIA, a Multi-agent Diagnostic Intelligence Agent implemented as a 7-node specialty-routed clinical reasoning graph, on the full HealthBench Professional benchmark (n = 525), on a non-fine-tuned LLM. MDIA achieves 0.6272 under OpenAI's GPT-5.4-2026-03-05, which is +3.72 pp above the performance of OpenAI's ChatGPT for Clinicians. The experimental work shows that performance lift is attributable to system architecture: specialty routing, multi-turn context preservation, drug-state safety gating, site-filtered search, length-aware synthesis, and engine-level reliability. These findings support the view that agentic clinical benchmark performance is shaped both by the underlying foundation model and the orchestration architecture.

Researchers hope the work will help identify affordable, effective drugs to treat conditions like MND.

Researchers hope the work will help identify affordable, effective drugs to treat conditions like MND.

Chamath Palihapitiya reacted on X after Eli Lilly's VERVE-102 showed strong Phase 1b LDL cholesterol reduction results. Importance Rank:  1 read more

The paper describes a single-center randomized controlled trial testing whether an Indian Adapted Mediterranean Diet can reduce dietary inflammation in adults with stable coronary artery disease or moderate-to-high cardiovascular risk. The protocol will assess changes in the Dietary Inflammatory Index, inflammatory biomarkers, cardiometabolic risk factors, body measurements, and metabolic hormones over six months.

Eli Lilly says Verve’s gene editor lowers cholesterol levels in early study  statnews.comOne-and-Done Heart Disease Prevention? Scientists Show It May Be Possible.  The New York TimesA single dose of Lilly's PCSK9 base editor, VERVE-102, reduced PCSK9 by up to 88% and LDL-C by up to 62%, with durable effects supporting its potential as a one-time treatment for hypercholesterolemia  investor.lilly.comLilly preps for ph. 2 launch after Verve gene editor cuts cholesterol on par with PCSK9 inhibitors  Fierce BiotechGene Editing: A ‘One-Time’ Treatment for CVD?  Medscape

Eli Lilly says Verve’s gene editor lowers cholesterol levels in early study  statnews.comOne-and-Done Heart Disease Prevention? Scientists Show It May Be Possible.  The New York TimesA single dose of Lilly's PCSK9 base editor, VERVE-102, reduced PCSK9 by up to 88% and LDL-C by up to 62%, with durable effects supporting its potential as a one-time treatment for hypercholesterolemia  investor.lilly.comLilly preps for ph. 2 launch after Verve gene editor cuts cholesterol on par with PCSK9 inhibitors  Fierce BiotechGene Editing: A ‘One-Time’ Treatment for CVD?  Medscape

Researchers are testing CAR T cell therapy as a way to reset the immune system in lupus, Graves’ disease, and other conditions where the body’s defenses go rogue. The post A Revolutionary Cancer Treatment Could Transform Autoimmune Disease appeared first on SingularityHub.

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed an AI-guided workflow that combines artificial intelligence (AI) with molecular simulations to identify potential drug candidates for diabetic wound healing, identifying folic acid, a common vitamin, as a top candidate.

In a groundbreaking advancement at the intersection of artificial intelligence and surgical oncology, researchers have unveiled a machine learning-driven approach to optimizing the use of temporary diverting ileostomies in rectal cancer surgeries. This innovative method promises to revolutionize patient outcomes by precisely tailoring surgical interventions to individual risk profiles, potentially reducing unnecessary complications and healthcare […]

A new type of cell therapy shows promise as the first treatment for advanced liver disease, following results from a clinical trial. Patients with the condition who were treated with the cell therapy had a significantly lower risk of death or need for a liver transplant after four years compared with those who received standard medical care.

AI in Drug Discovery: Novo Nordisk Speeds Up Drug Launches Since Artificial Intelligence (AI) came into the picture, developments in the field of drug discovery have been dramatic. Day by day, a new innovation emerges. Companies are integrating AI to speed up processes and bring products to market sooner. Earlier, the race in pharma was […] The post Novo Nordisk Uses AI to Launch Drugs Faster, Expands India Operations appeared first on BioTecNika.

arXiv:2605.23659v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study regenerative processes time-changed by state-dependent inverse subordinators. The construction assigns possibly different independent subordinators to measurable classes of excursions and builds a random clock from the corresponding occupation times. Although the resulting process is generally not regenerative, we prove that its transformed excursion point process is again Poisson, using an excursion-wise marking-and-mapping procedure. We apply this to study occupation-time asymptotics. Under regular variation assumptions on the transformed excursion lifetime tails, we prove a multiscale joint occupation-time limit theorem, including generalized arcsine laws and Darling--Kac type limits.

arXiv:2605.23527v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Scientific illustrations are essential for depicting conceptual designs, methodologies, and experimental workflows in research, playing a pivotal role in communicating complex academic insights. However, creating high-quality scientific illustrations remains a labor-intensive task for human scientists. While recent generative image models have advanced prompt-based editing, the synthesis of fully editable figures remains a fundamental challenge. Valid editability involves structured transformations of graphical elements, scales, attributes, and text, rather than simple pixel-level changes. Existing models generate raster outputs that do not support manual correction or layout adjustment, limiting their utility in scientific publishing, where editable vector figures are typically required for submission. To address this challenge, we introduce LiveFigure, an agentic framework driven by VLM agents that imitates the multi-step drawing

arXiv:2605.23422v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Learning high-quality oblique decision trees remains a significant challenge due to the discrete and non-convex nature of split optimization. We present the Hinge Regression Tree (HRT) framework, which reframes each oblique split as a nonlinear least-squares problem over two linear predictors whose max/min envelope induces ReLU-like representation capacity. We show that the resulting node-level optimization can be interpreted as a damped Newton method, and we establish the monotonic decrease of the node objective for its backtracking line-search variant. We establish, theoretically, that HRT is a universal approximator with an explicit $O(\delta^2)$ approximation rate. Building upon this base learner, we propose HRT-Boost, a mathematically synergistic ensemble extension that couples node-level Newton updates with stage-wise functional gradient descent. We show that this ensemble construction admits a stage-wise empirical risk reduction

arXiv:2605.23026v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing how health content is encountered and acted upon across both the information and healthcare ecosystems. AI systems now generate claims, curate information, interpret symptoms, synthesize evidence, and guide decisions, with significant opportunities and risks for the public. Potential benefits include improvements in access, comprehension, and continuity of care. At the same time, AI can introduce inaccurate or manipulative content that is difficult to distinguish from reliable guidance, and encourage automated decisions that affect care with little transparency or recourse. We introduce a four-stage framework to examine how these opportunities and risks unfold as the public moves through the information environment and into formal healthcare.

A new review shines a spotlight on efferocytosis, a critical biological process responsible for the removal of dead cells, as a central force in promoting efficient wound repair and maintaining tissue balance.

Digital technologies increasingly shape health by mediating how social, political, commercial, and economic conditions affect people’s lives. This Perspective calls for global collaboration to ensure digital transformation promotes health equity rather than reinforcing existing inequities.

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For the better part of a year, we’ve been hearing about Project Mulberry: Apple’s AI-powered health coach. Back in February, it was reported that these efforts had been scaled back. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the features should still be on track for iOS 27, though they may not release until later in the cycle. On the other hand, Apple is apparently going to greatly improve Apple Watch heart-rate tracking with watchOS 27, which could tie in nicely with Apple’s eventual health coach. more…

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: A deep dive into Apple Watch and Health efforts; sources: iOS 27 to get a revamped AirPods control panel and default support for AirPlay rivals like Google Cast  —  Also: iOS 27 AirPods, Genmoji and AirPlay details.  —  Now over a decade old, the Apple Watch is in need of a shake-up as the health and fitness wearables market pivots.

Humans have around 30 trillion cells in our adult bodies. Amazingly, each of these cells came from a handful of about 100 stem cells in the earliest days of development. The ability of these embryonic stem cells to turn into any cell type makes them pluripotent—something that researchers are harnessing in science and medicine today.

In a groundbreaking study that could redefine treatment paradigms for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), researchers have released a comprehensive long-term comparative analysis of adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9)-mediated gene replacement therapies in murine models. This innovative investigation not only sheds light on the efficacy of various gene therapies engineered to combat this devastating neurodegenerative disease […]

Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence citing husband Abraham Williams' rare bone cancer diagnosis. Importance Rank:  1 read more

Trump Live Updates: Tulsi Gabbard Resigns as Intelligence Chief, Citing Husband's Cancer Diagnosis  The New York TimesTulsi Gabbard is resigning as director of national intelligence  CNNThe turbulent 15 months of Trump’s unlikely US intelligence director  The GuardianTulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence  NBC NewsWhite House forced top spy Gabbard to resign, source says  Reuters

Trump Live Updates: Tulsi Gabbard Resigns as Intelligence Chief, Citing Husband's Cancer Diagnosis  The New York TimesTulsi Gabbard is resigning as director of national intelligence  CNNThe turbulent 15 months of Trump’s unlikely US intelligence director  The GuardianTulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence  NBC NewsWhite House forced top spy Gabbard to resign, source says  Reuters

A New York fertility doctor is using AI to cut costs, reduce waste, and speed up treatment, without sacrificing outcomes.

David Baker’s latest company is making medicines for a huge protein family once deemed undruggable. A new study generated miniproteins that target GPCRs across a diversity of receptor families implicated in itch and pain, cancer, metabolic disorders, and migraine. The post Skape Bio Unlocks Generalizable GPCR Drugs Using AI Protein Design appeared first on GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News.

Steatotic donor livers are highly susceptible to post-transplant dysfunction; however, the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood.

It is known that the antiepileptic drug valproate increases the risk of developmental disorders in unborn children.

Novel CRISPR-Cas9 treatments are proving effective in reversing disease for life. But ensuring their long-term safety will take years.

A new study, published in Ecology and Evolution, shows that social living is associated with longer lifespan, but also that the benefits of sociality level off once animals move beyond living in pairs.