October 2, 2026
(Wired) – The practice of editing the genes of embryos remains highly controversial and risky, but Origin Genomics founder Cathy Tie argues its a “moral imperative” to address hereditary diseases. Tie is the 30-year-old founder of Origin Genomics, a company … Read More
October 1, 2026
(Ars Technica) – Most implants like pacemakers and insulin pumps work in isolation. To help them coordinate with each other, a team of Georgia Tech researchers built a networking system that sends signals through body tissue instead of antennas and … Read More
September 30, 2026
(STAT News) – A genetic blueprint created by AI can become an actual pathogen in weeks That ambiguity is the problem. The same tools that scientists might use to design a vaccine can help design a worse pathogen. The same … Read More
September 23, 2026
(Nature) – The technique uses chemical tags to shut down viral DNA lurking in a host’s genome. A wave of epigenetic therapies is offering hope for new ways to treat chronic hepatitis B — a lingering liver infection that is … Read More
September 22, 2026
(Live Science) – This programmable DNA computer can perform arithmetic without the continuous energy input needed by other systems. Scientists have built a DNA-powered computer that can perform calculations using billions of molecules in a tiny drop of water. The … Read More
September 21, 2026
(Wired) – Of all the threats presented by uncontrollable artificial intelligence, scientists say death by plague ranks low. Despite the alarm around an AI-created killer plague, many scientists say the risk is fairly low on the list of the world’s … Read More
September 21, 2026
(Gizmodo) – Scientists are developing new forms of CAR T cell therapy that may finally be able to treat solid tumors. An experimental treatment may have just given a 3-year-old boy with advanced liver cancer a new lease on life. … Read More
September 18, 2026
(NYT) – The animals may help reveal the causes of brain disease in people and point the way to treatments. But researchers already are calling for new ethical guidelines. In order to learn more about brain disorders, scientists reported on … Read More
September 18, 2026
(Wired) – The treatment can reprogram immune cells that have been corrupted by the cancer, strengthening the body’s ability to attack. In a study published this week in Science Advances, Zhao’s team developed a system that can precisely deliver an … Read More
September 18, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – The OpenAI Foundation is funding a new effort called Data for Public Health. Last year Ruxandra Teslo, a policy analyst who focuses on clinical trials, posted an idea for supercharging medical AI systems: Use data from … Read More
September 17, 2026
(Ars Technica) – But even the most sophisticated organoids lack a lot of the features of a real human body. This is especially true for brain organoids, which don’t form any of the connections with specialized brain structures needed to … Read More
September 16, 2026
(Wired) – The device made by Flow Neuroscience is approved by the FDA and could help people get off antidepressants—but it costs $2,200. An at-home wearable for the treatment of depression is now available by prescription in the US. With … Read More
September 16, 2026
(Nature) – A neural device uses artificial intelligence to read brain activity for intended words and gestures simultaneously. Human communication relies on more than just talking; we nod, shrug, move our hands and point with our fingers. For people with … Read More
September 15, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – The finding might help explain why “perfused” livers do better once they’re transplanted. Once an organ is removed from a donor’s body, the clock starts ticking. Surgeons usually flush the organ with a preservative solution, bag … Read More
September 9, 2026
(Nature) – Top artificial-intelligence models failed to predict the biological consequences of rewriting a virus’s entire DNA code. Most of these mutations were detrimental to the virus’s survival, but for many of them, it was difficult to pinpoint why. “Even … Read More
September 8, 2026
(Wired) – Gene-edited pig kidneys could offer a lifeline to patients stuck waiting for a human donor. A woman has lived with a pig kidney for more than nine months without needing dialysis, a record-setting achievement. The woman underwent the … Read More
September 7, 2026
(Financial Times) – Executives and biosecurity experts are concerned that future models could help users create novel viruses or bioweapons AI groups are racing to address the risk that future models could help users create novel viruses or bioweapons, amid … Read More
September 4, 2026
(NBC News) – The transplant led to “sustained dialysis independence” for nearly nine months before Tim Andrews, now 68, received a human kidney earlier this year, according to The Lancet. A New Hampshire man, at death’s door 1 ½ years … Read More
September 1, 2026
(The Guardian) – Giant burrowing cockroaches with added cameras and medical injectors are being tested as potential ‘first responders’ in earthquakes For people trapped under rubble in an earthquake or similar disaster, the arrival of a fleet of cockroaches could … Read More
August 28, 2026
(New Scientist) – A number of drugs designed to prevent muscle loss and boost muscle growth are being tested in clinical trials. Columnist Michael Le Page looks at whether building and maintaining muscles is about to get a whole lot … Read More
August 25, 2026
(TIME) – If you’ve been excitedly awaiting the return of the woolly mammoth, you’ll have to be patient a little longer. It was in 2021 that the newly established, Dallas-based company Colossal Biosciences announced plans to use modern gene-editing technology … Read More
August 24, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – Patents can only name humans as inventors. For now. Insilico leads a pack of companies using AI to rapidly come up with drug ideas humans might never think of, potentially speeding the race to new cures. … Read More
August 21, 2026
(RAND) – The convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology offers great promise for medicine and public health, including the potential to yield transformative societal benefits. Yet this same convergence could introduce serious global health and national security risks. As … Read More
August 19, 2026
(NYT) – All of this was done outside high containment, two rungs short of the sort of precautions reserved for the deadliest pathogens. Leading virologists rang the alarm, saying that the level of safety was inadequate for a new virus … Read More
August 13, 2026
(Wired) – Silicon Valley companies are already working on neurotechnology products that track your brain activity. The next privacy frontier might be the things you only think. All brain-reading technologies work on the same basic principles: They first record the … Read More
