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In a groundbreaking advancement poised to revolutionize regenerative medicine, researchers have unveiled an innovative nanoparticle-based strategy to fine-tune cell density and thereby enhance cellular adhesion and tissue repair processes. This cutting-edge approach, described in a recent publication in Nature Communications (2026), holds immense promise for accelerating wound healing and restoring damaged tissues with unprecedented precision […]

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In a landmark advancement poised to revolutionize radiation dosimetry, researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University, in partnership with Tohoku University and the tech company Orbray Co., Ltd., have engineered a diamond-based detector that challenges existing paradigms in medical radiation measurement. The team’s innovative approach harnesses heteroepitaxial diamond materials, lab-grown with atomic precision, to create a compact […]

An Iranian knowledge-based company has unveiled a next-generation synthetic bone graft designed to accelerate bone regeneration while reducing surgical risks.

If you own a Whoop fitness-tracking wearable, you’ll want to check out these new updates surrounding medical records and AI insights.

As cell and gene therapy programs move from early clinical stage development into global commercialization, any gaps in system-level orchestration can translate directly into compliance and operational risk. The post How Digital Orchestration Is Redefining Regulatory Infrastructure for Cell and Gene Therapy appeared first on GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News.

Google Launches $99 Fitbit Air, a Screenless Wearable for Health Tracking  eWeekIntroducing the all-new Fitbit Air  blog.googleGoogle’s plan to win the AI health race? Play nice with Apple and other rivals  CNNThe New Google Fitbit Air and Other Fitness Bands Are Losing Screens—and Gaining Fans  WSJGoogle Fitbit Air preorders come with a second band for free  The Verge

Google Launches $99 Fitbit Air, a Screenless Wearable for Health Tracking  eWeekIntroducing the all-new Fitbit Air  blog.googleGoogle’s plan to win the AI health race? Play nice with Apple and other rivals  CNNThe New Google Fitbit Air and Other Fitness Bands Are Losing Screens—and Gaining Fans  WSJGoogle Fitbit Air preorders come with a second band for free  The Verge

Bloomberg: Sources: Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery company spun out of Google DeepMind, is in advanced talks to raise $2B+ led by Thrive Capital  —  Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery company spun out of Alphabet Inc.'s Google DeepMind, is in advanced discussions to raise …

Google is turning the Fitbit app into Google Health, adding Gemini-powered coaching, medical record tools, and the new screenless Fitbit Air tracker. The post Google Rebrands Fitbit App as ‘Google Health’ in Major AI Wellness Push appeared first on TechRepublic.

In a groundbreaking advancement at the intersection of genome engineering and biocontainment, researchers at Seoul National University have developed a pioneering technology enabling irreversible and precise control over engineered bacterial survival. Published in the prestigious journal Nucleic Acids Research, this study unveils a multiplexed CRISPR base editing system that activates in pulses and permanently disables […]

Google trusts Gemini to coach your health; Whoop is putting a licensed doctor on your screen. Here's what each approach actually means for your wallet and your wellbeing.

Partial cell reprogramming as a basis for rejuvenation therapies is an area of great interest in the research and development communities. It has received greater funding in recent years than any other part of the field, with the founding of Altos Labs and a number of other unusually well-funded biotech companies. Reprogramming involves expression of some or all of the Yamanaka factors. Full reprogramming of a somatic cell slowly transforms that cell into a pluripotent stem cell, a recreation of the process of early embryonic development. Partial reprogramming for a shorter period of time only restores youthful epigenetic patterns of gene expression without changing cell state, and this, if it can be made to work in a living organism, is the basis for potential rejuvenation […]

HundredsThe hundredth anniversary of the birth of Sir David Attenborough on 8 May 1926 is being celebrated today, justifiably, not merely because of the achievements of the man himself, but also because it reminds us that more people than ever before are living to the age of 100 years and over. Another example, in the medical field, was Harold Ellis, the surgeon whose textbook, Clinical Anatomy, in its 14 editions, has been so influential in teaching generations of medical students, and who died recently having just attained the age of 100. I have just tucked a copy of his obituary into my copy of the 3rd edition of 1966, which opened my eyes to the clinical relevance of the anatomy that I had been struggling to understand in the dissecting room.Those who live to be 100 years old are called centenarians, from the classical Latin adjective centenarius, referring to something...

Organ transplantation remains the cornerstone treatment for end-stage organ failure. While conventional broad-spectrum immunosuppression effectively controls acute rejection, it fails to address chronic rejection and carries long-term side effects including infection, malignancy, and metabolic disorders.

CRISPR-Cas измельчила ДНК заданных клеток и уничтожила их

Researchers at National Taiwan University have developed a liver-directed IL-10 gene therapy that strengthens cancer-fighting immune cells and suppresses liver tumors in mice. The treatment also generated long-lasting immune memory cells that remained in the liver after tumors disappeared.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ Otarmeni™ (lunsotogene parvec-cwha) as the first gene therapy designed to restore a neurosensory function to normal levels. The post Gene Therapy Briefs: Regeneron Wins FDA Approval for First Neurosensory Gene Therapy appeared first on GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News.

Brandon Gomez / CNBC: Whoop plans to offer on-demand video consultations with licensed clinicians for US users, and adds electronic health records and AI-powered health guidance  —  Wearable fitness tracker Whoop announced on Friday it will introduce in-app access to on-demand licensed clinicians for users in the United States.

Fitness bands can’t be as simple as they once were before the AI health boom. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. A fitness band is for bettering yourself, but casually. It's lightweight, easy to wear, and not something you have to think too hard about. It's cheaper than a smartwatch. You get your steps, basic heart rate, and some sleep tracking. Maybe you can see the time, maybe you can't. But unlike many wearables today, a fitness tracker wasn't truly meant to be a companion for your phone and all the overwhelm that comes wit … Read the full story at The Verge.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Mazdak Abulnaga should be the poster child for the type of employee pharma companies want to hire this year. Abulnaga, a 33-year-old postdoctoral fellow at MIT and Harvard Medical School, is building ...

In several nations, being a descendant of those who defeated Nazism and expressing affiliation with the Russian World can often be fraught with difficulties, and in some cases, even criminal penalties, Gennady Ovechko said

A new Columbia University School of Nursing AI-assisted audit reveals nearly 3,000 peer-reviewed medical papers have fake citations that do not exist in scientific databases. The results highlight an alarming trend in academic publishing as the use of AI grows.

Advanced AI systems are approaching physicial-level reasoning in diagnostic tasks.

Bacteria fend off invading viruses with molecular scissors that slice up viral DNA—a system called CRISPR that's become indispensable to gene editing. But viruses can fight back with a molecular trick that stops the scissors from ever being made.

Organ transplantation has long been the definitive treatment for patients suffering from end-stage organ failure, yet the journey post-transplant has been fraught with challenges. Traditional immunosuppressive therapies, while effective in curtailing acute rejection episodes, fall short in preventing chronic rejection and often impose a heavy toll in the form of opportunistic infections, malignancies, and debilitating […]

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into robotic surgery marks a transformative era in the field of minimally invasive procedures. Surgical outcomes following robotic interventions have historically varied considerably, a variability largely attributable to differences in surgeon skill and intraoperative decision-making. As the complexity and precision required for these operations escalate, AI emerges as a […]

Google has announced the Google Health Coach, a Gemini-powered personal wellness assistant baked into a rebranded Google Health app. Here's everything you need to know about pricing, features, and availability.

Google’s Screenless Fitbit Air Relies on Gemini to Be Your Personal Health Coach  GizmodoIntroducing the all-new Fitbit Air  blog.googleGoogle’s plan to win the AI health race? Play nice with Apple and other rivals  CNNGoogle Launches $100 Fitbit Air Without a Screen to Rival Whoop  Bloomberg.comGoogle's Biggest Health Announcements: New Fitbit Air, Goodbye Fitbit App and Hello 'Coach'  CNET

Google’s Screenless Fitbit Air Relies on Gemini to Be Your Personal Health Coach  GizmodoIntroducing the all-new Fitbit Air  blog.googleGoogle’s plan to win the AI health race? Play nice with Apple and other rivals  CNNGoogle Launches $100 Fitbit Air Without a Screen to Rival Whoop  Bloomberg.comGoogle's Biggest Health Announcements: New Fitbit Air, Goodbye Fitbit App and Hello 'Coach'  CNET

Many cancer patients turn to biotin supplements hoping to restore hair lost during treatment, but experts warn the popular vitamin may do more harm than good. While biotin is often marketed for stronger hair and nails, there’s little evidence it actually helps cancer-related hair loss—and it can dangerously interfere with lab tests. Doctors say the supplement can distort key blood markers, potentially masking cancer recurrence or delaying treatment decisions.

Google unveils screenless Fitbit Air and Google Health app to replace Fitbit  Ars TechnicaIntroducing the all-new Fitbit Air  blog.googleNew $100 Fitbit is just a band, and that’s the point  Morning BrewGoogle’s plan to win the AI health race? Play nice with Apple and other rivals  CNNGoogle's Biggest Health Announcements: New Fitbit Air, Goodbye Fitbit App and Hello 'Coach'  CNET

Google unveils screenless Fitbit Air and Google Health app to replace Fitbit  Ars TechnicaIntroducing the all-new Fitbit Air  blog.googleNew $100 Fitbit is just a band, and that’s the point  Morning BrewGoogle’s plan to win the AI health race? Play nice with Apple and other rivals  CNNGoogle's Biggest Health Announcements: New Fitbit Air, Goodbye Fitbit App and Hello 'Coach'  CNET

arXiv:2605.06438v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Traditional multi-population models, such as the Li-Lee framework, rely on the assumption of mean-reverting country-specific deviations. However, recent data from high-longevity clusters suggest a systemic break in this paradigm. We identify a stationarity paradox where mortality residuals in countries like Sweden and West Germany exhibit persistent unit roots, leading to a systematic mispricing of longevity risk in linear models. To address these non-linearities, we propose Hybrid-Lift, a neural-actuarial framework that combines Hierarchical LSTM networks with a Mean-Bias Correction (MBC) anchoring mechanism. Positioned as a governance-friendly model challenger rather than a replacement of classical approaches, the framework exhibits selective superiority on out-of-sample validation (2012-2020): it outperforms Li-Lee by 17.40% in Sweden and 12.57% in West Germany, while remaining comparable for near-linear regimes such as Switzerland

arXiv:2605.06168v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Weekly healthcare activity data are typically non-negative counts with temporal dependence and occasional system-wide disruptions, settings in which Gaussian time-series models may be inadequate. Solid organ transplant (SOT) activity provides a representative case study of a count process affected by a large external shock. We analyse weekly SOT counts in the USA and Italy from 2014 to October 2024, stratified by donor type (deceased vs living) and organ (kidney and liver). We fit Poisson and negative-binomial count time-series models incorporating short-term dynamics, calendar effects (holiday weeks), and pre-specified pandemic-period level and/or slope indicators. Candidate specifications are screened within a pre-defined portfolio and selected using BIC within each training window. Forecasting performance is evaluated with an expanding-window design at horizons $h\in\{4,8,12\}$ weeks. Alongside RMSE, we report empirical coverage of

arXiv:2605.06438v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Traditional multi-population models, such as the Li-Lee framework, rely on the assumption of mean-reverting country-specific deviations. However, recent data from high-longevity clusters suggest a systemic break in this paradigm. We identify a stationarity paradox where mortality residuals in countries like Sweden and West Germany exhibit persistent unit roots, leading to a systematic mispricing of longevity risk in linear models. To address these non-linearities, we propose Hybrid-Lift, a neural-actuarial framework that combines Hierarchical LSTM networks with a Mean-Bias Correction (MBC) anchoring mechanism. Positioned as a governance-friendly model challenger rather than a replacement of classical approaches, the framework exhibits selective superiority on out-of-sample validation (2012-2020): it outperforms Li-Lee by 17.40% in Sweden and 12.57% in West Germany, while remaining comparable for near-linear regimes such as Switzerland

arXiv:2605.06226v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Accurate and timely diagnosis is essential for effective treatment, particularly in the context of rare diseases. However, current diagnostic workflows often lead to prolonged assessment times and low accuracy. To address these limitations, we introduce Hygieia, a multi-modal AI agent system designed to support precision disease diagnosis by integrating diverse data sources, including phenotypic features, genetic profiles, and clinical records. Hygieia features a router-based and knowledge-enhanced framework that mitigates hallucination and tailors diagnostic strategies to different disease categories. Notably, it prioritizes risk-related genomic factors for rare diseases and provides confidence scores to assist clinical decision-making. We conducted a comprehensive evaluation demonstrating that Hygieia achieves state-of-the-art performance across multiple diagnostic benchmarks. In collaboration with clinical experts from Yale School

arXiv:2605.06438v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Traditional multi-population models, such as the Li-Lee framework, rely on the assumption of mean-reverting country-specific deviations. However, recent data from high-longevity clusters suggest a systemic break in this paradigm. We identify a stationarity paradox where mortality residuals in countries like Sweden and West Germany exhibit persistent unit roots, leading to a systematic mispricing of longevity risk in linear models. To address these non-linearities, we propose Hybrid-Lift, a neural-actuarial framework that combines Hierarchical LSTM networks with a Mean-Bias Correction (MBC) anchoring mechanism. Positioned as a governance-friendly model challenger rather than a replacement of classical approaches, the framework exhibits selective superiority on out-of-sample validation (2012-2020): it outperforms Li-Lee by 17.40% in Sweden and 12.57% in West Germany, while remaining comparable for near-linear regimes such as Switzerland

arXiv:2605.06226v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Accurate and timely diagnosis is essential for effective treatment, particularly in the context of rare diseases. However, current diagnostic workflows often lead to prolonged assessment times and low accuracy. To address these limitations, we introduce Hygieia, a multi-modal AI agent system designed to support precision disease diagnosis by integrating diverse data sources, including phenotypic features, genetic profiles, and clinical records. Hygieia features a router-based and knowledge-enhanced framework that mitigates hallucination and tailors diagnostic strategies to different disease categories. Notably, it prioritizes risk-related genomic factors for rare diseases and provides confidence scores to assist clinical decision-making. We conducted a comprehensive evaluation demonstrating that Hygieia achieves state-of-the-art performance across multiple diagnostic benchmarks. In collaboration with clinical experts from Yale School of

arXiv:2605.06018v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In this paper, we conduct a detailed investigation on the effect of independent component (IC)-based noise rejection methods in neural network classifier-based decoding of electroencephalography (EEG) data in different task datasets. We apply a pipeline matrix of two popular different independent component (IC) decomposition methods (Infomax and Adaptive Mixture Independent Component Analysis (AMICA)) with three different component rejection strategies (none, ICLabel, and multiple artifact rejection algorithm [MARA]) on three different EEG datasets (motor imagery, long-term memory formation, and visual memory). We cross-validate processed data from each pipeline with three architectures commonly used for EEG classification (two convolutional neural networks and one long short-term memory-based model. We compare decoding performances on within-participant and within-dataset levels.Our results show that the benefit from using IC-based

arXiv:2605.05627v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Sustainable forest management relies on precise species composition mapping, yet traditional ground surveys are labour-intensive and geographically constrained. While Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) offer scalable data collection, the transition to deep learning-based interpretation is bottlenecked by the severe scarcity of expert-annotated imagery, particularly in complex, visually heterogeneous regeneration zones. This paper addresses the dual challenges of data scarcity and extreme class imbalance in the semantic segmentation of fine-grained forest regeneration species by providing a scalable framework that reduces reliance on manual photo-interpretation for high-resolution, millimetre-level aerial imagery. Importantly, we leverage the large-scale vision-language Nano Banana Pro model to simultaneously generate high-fidelity images and their corresponding pixel-aligned semantic masks from prompts. We introduce WilDReF-Q-V2, an

arXiv:2605.05611v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In this paper, we present X-Voice, a 0.4B multilingual zero-shot voice cloning model that clones arbitrary voices and enables everyone to speak 30 languages. X-Voice is trained on a 420K-hour multilingual corpus using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as a unified representation. To eliminate the reliance on prompt text without complex preprocessing like forced alignment, we design a two-stage training paradigm. In Stage 1, we establish X-Voice$_{\text{s1}}$ through standard conditional flow-matching training and use it to synthesize 10K hours of speaker-consistent segments as audio prompts. In Stage 2, we fine-tune on these audio pairs with prompt text masked to derive X-Voice$_{\text{s2}}$, which enables zero-shot voice cloning without requiring transcripts of audio prompts. Architecturally, we extend F5-TTS by implementing a dual-level injection of language identifiers and decoupling and scheduling of Classifier-Free Guidance

Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the HI-STEM* Stem Cell Institute have deciphered a key mechanism that contributes to treatment failure in acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

A recent mouse model based study suggests that blocking TGF-β may improve osteoporosis treatment by helping quiescent osteoblasts in inactive bone surfaces return to an active state.

In a startling new revelation from the academic world, a comprehensive AI-assisted audit conducted by researchers at Columbia University School of Nursing has uncovered a burgeoning crisis in biomedical publishing. The investigative study, recently published in the prestigious journal The Lancet on May 7, 2026, reveals that nearly 3,000 peer-reviewed medical papers contain fabricated citations—references […]

Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the HI-STEM Stem Cell Institute have deciphered a key mechanism that contributes to treatment failure in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). They show that there are not just one, but four different subtypes of leukemia stem cells. This diversity could explain why one of the most important AML drugs does not work sufficiently in some patients or loses its effectiveness over time—resulting in the return of leukemia.

Astellas reported promising results with its stem cell-derived therapy in an age-related eye disease, though data in a handful of high-dose patients in the early-stage study raised questions. The experimental stem cell therapy is made ...

In a groundbreaking study spearheaded by researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM), a pivotal mechanism underlying treatment failure in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has been unraveled. This investigation reveals that AML does not arise from a single type of leukemia stem […]

Ahead of the Google Health app rolling out next week, the company has detailed what Fitbit features are going away or significantly changing. more…

Cancer immunotherapy is built on a simple but powerful idea: the immune system can recognize and destroy cancer cells if it is properly activated. In many patients, however, this response is too weak or too slow to be effective. Recently, a type of immune cell called invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells has attracted attention because of their ability to act as coordinators of immune responses, rapidly activating and rallying other immune cells to fight cancer.

Klarna CMO David Sandström created an AI version of himself to handle angry comments after budget cuts.

A new AI tool finds early hints of pancreatic cancer in CT scans that doctors would otherwise miss, an early test found.

Fitbit — один из крупнейших производителей носимых устройств на протяжении почти двух десятилетий, но с момента приобретения Google в 2021 году он претерпел серьёзные трансформации. Самыми значимыми за последнее время стал выход инновационного миниатюрного фитнес-трекера Fitbit Air без экрана, и кардинальное обновление приложения Fitbit, которое теперь называется Google Health. Это обязательное изменение, и остаться на старом приложении Fitbit невозможно. Источник изображений: Google

Google Health is getting photo-based food logging, medical records integration, Apple Health and Peloton compatibility, improved sleep tracking accuracy, and a Gemini-powered coach.

The $100 Fitbit Air is available for preorder today.

NEW ORLEANS — For Roslyn Mannon, MD, a single patient experience inspired her path to nephrology.“The patient talked passionately about how transplantation changed his life and made things better,” Mannon told Healio.Now, Mannon, professor of internal medicine and vice chair of research and associate chief of research in the division of nephrology at University of Nebraska Medical Center, received the Excellence in Kidney Transplantation Award at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings. Her career spans decades, with more than 250 peer-reviewed articles

Google Is Rebranding the Fitbit App to ‘Google Health’  WIREDGoogle’s $9.99-per-month AI health coach launches May 19  TechCrunchGoogle’s Newest Entry-Level Fitness Tracker Is the Screenless Fitbit Air  WIREDGoogle Launches $100 Fitbit Air Without a Screen to Rival Whoop  BloombergGoogle's Biggest Health Announcements: New Fitbit Air, Goodbye Fitbit App and Hello 'Coach'  CNET

Google Is Rebranding the Fitbit App to ‘Google Health’  WIREDGoogle’s $9.99-per-month AI health coach launches May 19  TechCrunchGoogle’s Newest Entry-Level Fitness Tracker Is the Screenless Fitbit Air  WIREDGoogle Launches $100 Fitbit Air Without a Screen to Rival Whoop  BloombergGoogle's Biggest Health Announcements: New Fitbit Air, Goodbye Fitbit App and Hello 'Coach'  CNET

The Gemini-powered health coach will act as a combination fitness coach, sleep expert, and health and wellness advisor.

  Google spent 2.1 billion dollars buying Fitbit in 2021, three years dismantling the brand, and on Thursday launched a 100 dollar device with no screen, no buttons, and no independent functionality to bring it back. The Fitbit Air is a soft fabric band with a five-gram sensor pack underneath that tracks heart rate, steps, […] This story continues at The Next Web

Samsung really captured the aesthetic of the MacBook Pro. The feel and performance, not as much. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge II know I'm not the only person who wants a MacBook Pro for Windows: a sleek, ultra powerful, super portable machine with an excellent screen and high-quality build. Samsung's Galaxy Book6 Ultra certainly tries. It's got a beautiful screen and a nice design, and it's as solidly built as laptops come. It also looks, well, almost exactly like a MacBook Pro, to the point where I occasionally use the wrong keyboard shortcuts out of habit. Other Windows laptops have at times incorporated some MacBook design influences, but the Galaxy houses so many of them that it's obvious what Samsung was going for. Imitating things people want is understanda … Read the full story at The

‘Google Health’ replaces Fitbit app as new ‘Premium’ plan joins AI Pro  9to5GoogleGoogle’s plan to win the AI health race? Play nice with Apple and other rivals  CNNGoogle Is Rebranding the Fitbit App to ‘Google Health’  WIREDGoogle Health Coach Wants to Provide the Most Personalized AI Wellness Experience Yet  CNETGoogle Is Turning The Fitbit App Into A Unified Portal For Your Health And Fitness Data  Engadget

Google’s taking a big swing at AI health with the Fitbit Air  The VergeFitbit Air’s special Stephen Curry edition might be the best one for workouts [Gallery]  9to5GoogleThe Google Fitbit Air Is An AI-Infused Take On Whoop Wearables  EngadgetFitbit Air First Impressions: Google's New Fitness Tracker Has a Built-In Coach  CNETGoogle’s Newest Entry-Level Fitness Tracker Is the Screenless Fitbit Air  WIRED

‘Google Health’ replaces Fitbit app as new ‘Premium’ plan joins AI Pro  9to5GoogleGoogle’s plan to win the AI health race? Play nice with Apple and other rivals  CNNGoogle Is Rebranding the Fitbit App to ‘Google Health’  WIREDGoogle Health Coach Wants to Provide the Most Personalized AI Wellness Experience Yet  CNETGoogle Is Turning The Fitbit App Into A Unified Portal For Your Health And Fitness Data  Engadget

Google’s taking a big swing at AI health with the Fitbit Air  The VergeFitbit Air’s special Stephen Curry edition might be the best one for workouts [Gallery]  9to5GoogleThe Google Fitbit Air Is An AI-Infused Take On Whoop Wearables  EngadgetFitbit Air First Impressions: Google's New Fitness Tracker Has a Built-In Coach  CNETGoogle’s Newest Entry-Level Fitness Tracker Is the Screenless Fitbit Air  WIRED

Julian Chokkattu / Wired: Interview with Rishi Chandra, Google's VP for health and home, about shutting Google Fit by year's end, the rebranded Google Health app, Health Coach, and more  —  Google is sunsetting Google Fit by year's end.  While Fitbit remains very much alive, the rebranded Google Health app …

Google Health’s AI coach gets a revamp along with the latest app rebrand.

The Fitbit name is fading. Here's what Google is replacing it with and what it means for you.

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority: Google rebrands Fitbit Premium as Google Health Premium, adding Gemini-powered coaching and other features, and raises its annual price from $79.99 to $99.99  —  The rebranded service includes Gemini-powered coaching, adaptive fitness plans, deeper sleep insights, and more.  —  •  —  TL;DR

After months of Public Preview testing, Google is replacing the Fitbit app and launching “Google Health.” It’s meant to bring “together the best of Fitbit’s pioneering spirit with the helpfulness of Google.” more…

I/O might still be a couple of weeks away, but it’s a big day for new Google announcements anyway. The company announced a rebranding of its Fitbit app to Google Health today, as 9to5Google initially leaked last month, but that still left the fate of the company’s other fitness tracking app up in the air. more…

Cherlynn Low / Engadget: Google launches the $100 Fitbit Air, a Whoop-like screenless wearable, with Gemini-powered features like Google Health Coach, available May 26  —  The Whoop-like wearable that Google teased in March has just been unveiled.  Called the Google Fitbit Air, it's a screenless device that you can put …

The Fitbit Air can be preordered today and will be available starting May 26th. | Image: Google It's a Whoop dupe. That was my first thought when I saw the new $99 Google Fitbit Air. You can hardly blame me. The band is screenless with a metallic fabric clasp. My eyes flickered between the Fitbit Air and my wrist, where I'm wearing a Whoop MG. Was I not seeing double? But as my press briefing went on, my opinion started changing. The Air is sort of like the OG Fitbits that Whoop then duped once Fitbit went all in on smartwatches. Think back to 2012, when the Fitbit One could clip to your pants, be turned into a pendant, or dangle from a keychain. That device was mostly a pedometer, whereas the Air is more of a modern, modular sensor t … Read the full story at The Verge.

The new Health app is rolling out on May 19.

Google is sunsetting Google Fit by year’s end. While Fitbit remains very much alive, the rebranded Google Health app is your one-stop shop for all things health and fitness.

The state says one chatbot even presented an invalid Pennsylvania medical license number.

In the relentless quest to harness the immune system’s power against cancer, recent scientific advances have spotlighted invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells as vital players orchestrating robust antitumor immune responses. Unlike conventional immune cells, iNKT cells bridge innate and adaptive immunity, executing a critical coordinating role by rapidly activating a cascade of immune effectors […]

The state of Pennsylvania has sued Character.AI, a startup that lets users chat with different AI-generated personas, for illegally presenting a chatbot as a licensed doctor in the state. This is the first lawsuit brought ...

Researchers compared outcomes of individuals who had a stem cell transplantation who were randomly assigned to receive obinutuzumab or placebo after their transplantation.

Nearly every woman with breast cancer has at least one menopausal symptom.Yet many patients feel their quality-of-life needs frequently go unmet because of safety concerns regarding menopausal hormone therapy (MHT).“I had a patient whose general practitioner told her he wasn’t prepared to lose his 40-year career by prescribing MHT for her,” Sarah Glynne, MBBS, MRCP, MRCGP, MSc, menopause specialist at The Portland Hospital in London, told Healio. “I had a patient whose oncologist told her she can’t take that [expletive] when she asked about MHT. No discussion. No conversation about benefits

Embodying surgical robots with next-gen AI can safely augment practice if ethical and regulatory questions are addressed, say experts writing today in Frontiers in Science.

Mayo Clinic's AI model identifies invisible signs of pancreatic cancer on routine CT scans, potentially transforming early detection and survival rates.

The surgical landscape is on the cusp of a profound transformation, driven by the integration of next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) with robotic systems. A pioneering collective of surgeons and researchers from King’s College London has laid out an ambitious vision that sees AI-augmented surgical robots enhancing the capabilities and precision of operating teams, while reshaping […]

Bernie Sanders says the Trump team is finally recognizing AI risks as adviser suggests FDA-style approval process. Importance Rank:  1 read more

MetHealth CEO Dr Fiona McGillicuddy bagged the runner-up prize. Read more: Tissue repair therapeutic Substrato wins best pitch at 2026 Start-Up Day

Stem cells support tissues by generating a supply of daughter somatic cells to replace losses. A broad body of evidence points to reduced muscle stem cell activity as a major contributing cause of age-related loss of muscle mass and strength. Other evidence suggests that this stem cell population remains capable; when old muscle stem cells are removed from the aged tissue environment for assessment, they appear to be as capable as young muscle stem cells. Researchers are now interested in establishing how an aged environment interacts with muscle stem cells to reduce their activity, with an eye to developing therapies to interfere in specific mechanisms as they are uncovered. Frailty arising from loss of muscle function and mass is a significant health concern impacting quality […]

Ученые представили новый инструмент генного редактирования CRISPR, который после активации буквально разрывает ДНК клетки на фрагменты. В доклинических экспериментах она успешно уничтожала раковые клетки с мутацией KRAS и клетки, зараженные вирусом папилломы человека с эффективностью более 90%.

Adrià Calatayud / Wall Street Journal: Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche agrees to acquire US-based PathAI, which makes AI diagnostic tools, for up to $1.05B, with $750M upfront, closing in H2 2026  —  The pharma giant has agreed to pay $750 million upfront, with up to $300 million in additional payments subject to targets

arXiv:2605.05172v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Behavior Cloning (BC) has emerged as a highly effective paradigm for robot learning. However, BC lacks a self-guided mechanism for online improvement after demonstrations have been collected. Existing offline-to-online learning methods often cause policies to replace previously learned good actions due to a distribution mismatch between offline data and online learning. In this work, we propose Q2RL, Q-Estimation and Q-Gating from BC for Reinforcement Learning, an algorithm for efficient offline-to-online learning. Our method consists of two parts: (1) Q-Estimation extracts a Q-function from a BC policy using a few interaction steps with the environment, followed by online RL with (2) Q-Gating, which switches between BC and RL policy actions based on their respective Q-values to collect samples for RL policy training. Across manipulation tasks from D4RL and robomimic benchmarks, Q2RL outperforms SOTA offline-to-online learning baselines

arXiv:2605.05032v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deploying large artificial intelligence (AI) models in power electronics often demands high computational resources. Driven by the quantization paradigm, this digest proposes a quantization-aware training (QAT) principle to substantially minimize the number of bits required and simultaneously maximize the accuracy of computations in pre-trained AI models. Considering a pre-trained probabilistic Bayesian Neural Network (BNN) for gear fault diagnosis in motor drives as an example, we quantize its weights and activation functions from floating-point FP32 to low-precision INT8 values, which enhances the computational efficiency by a significant margin of 30-45% (for different model versions) without any compromise in the accuracy and uncertainty estimates. This substantiates a sustainable mechanism of deploying most quantized light-weight AI models into low-cost edge processors for power electronic applications.

Embodying surgical robots with next-gen AI can safely augment practice if ethical and regulatory questions are addressed, say experts writing in Frontiers in Science. A team of pioneering surgeons and researchers from King's College London says AI-enhanced surgical robotics could enable "true personalized surgery" and enhance the performance, situational awareness, decision-making, and effectiveness of surgical teams.

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Developing AI-guided, patient-operated home ultrasound probes that can produce a reliable medical image. The post Beyond the Clinic: A Blueprint For Developing Reliable, Edge AI-Enabled Medical Devices appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

Farah Stockman / New York Times: Bristol Myers Squibb's Massachusetts facility boosted drug production volume for clinical and commercial use by ~40% with AI, a bright spot in US manufacturing  —  A Bristol Myers Squibb plant that makes cancer drugs was the only manufacturer in the U.S. recognized for innovation by the World Economic Forum this year.

Scientists in Sweden have taken a major step toward a potential cure for type 1 diabetes by developing a more reliable way to create insulin-producing cells from human stem cells. These lab-grown cells not only respond strongly to glucose but were also able to restore blood sugar control when transplanted into diabetic mice.

Among the challenges in treating disease, including cancer, is wiping out malignancies, infection, contaminants or other pathologies, without destroying healthy tissue.