October 30, 2026
(Wired) – In breathless press releases and posts, the company has touted its models’ ability to deliver scientific breakthroughs. But its IPO filing taps the brakes on just how fast its AI will lead to big discoveries. AI giant Anthropic … Read More
October 27, 2026
(The Economist) – Startups hope to improve IVF by revealing the biology of infertility Two European startups are developing treatments to improve the viability of human eggs. They are building on research that has peered deep inside the human egg … Read More
October 23, 2026
(Wired) – Warhound came out of stealth on Wednesday with $200 million in funding and a mission to create “elite working dogs” equipped with “advanced body armor.” A new startup launched today with the definitely not terrifying mission of creating … Read More
October 22, 2026
(Wired) – The new open model speaks the language of DNA and can help researchers understand the effects of any changes on gene activity and health. The AI platform Hugging Face on Thursday released a new open model for understanding … Read More
October 22, 2026
(NYT) – Certain viruses attack bacteria and can sometimes clear antibiotic-resistant infections. Researchers said they had tailored a virus to attack one patient’s illness. For the first time, scientists say they have used viruses designed by artificial intelligence to treat … Read More
October 20, 2026
(BMJ) – A laboratory worker’s death from unexplained pneumonia exposes how little information is known and shared about high risk pathogen work, writes Ashish Jha This problem extends well beyond Russia. National biosafety rules and reporting systems differ across countries … Read More
October 19, 2026
(The Atlantic) – The virus used to deliver healing DNA in gene therapy is under renewed scrutiny. In recent months, news came out about several distressing cases that have underscored the risks of gene therapy, which delivers DNA to a … Read More
October 16, 2026
(NYT) – A Russian researcher, who died from an unknown illness, worked at a remote anti-plague facility. Few foreigners have visited these labs, which dot the former Soviet states, and are shrouded in secrecy. The institute in Irkutsk never functioned … Read More
October 15, 2026
(NYT) – Some experts are optimistic that science will eventually find ways to extend life, but many longevity claims are unrealistic. Exciting as this is, much of this longevity work focuses on health span — helping people to live more … Read More
October 15, 2026
(Nature) – Better career support and more funding stability is needed to retain this invaluable group of scientists. Medical doctors who also do research are an increasingly rare breed. Physician-scientists made up nearly 5% of the US medical workforce in … Read More
October 14, 2026
(Nature) – Gene-editing technologies enabled researchers to trace the cell-by-cell development of a single fertilized mouse egg to a late-stage embryo. ‘Cell recorders’ based on gene editing have captured mouse development in unprecedented detail. Two independent teams of scientists published … Read More
October 14, 2026
(Undark) – Human embryo models can provide a powerful window into the earliest stages of life. But how far should they go? Embryo models mimic the earliest developmental stages of humans and other mammals. They could greatly improve researchers’ knowledge … Read More
October 8, 2026
(The Guardian) – On Wednesday the WHO director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said: “We don’t yet have the full picture of this event and we’re not able to conduct a full risk assessment. “Timely, complete and transparent information sharing is … Read More
October 7, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Advanced models can help researchers sort through mountains of biological data. In other words, Anthropic made a big deal about a finding that—although achieved in a novel, Claude-led way—may not lead to any biomedical advances, and that … Read More
October 6, 2026
(Axios) – The White House is monitoring reports of a suspected plague case and related quarantines in Russia, a Trump administration official told Axios on Sunday. Driving the news: Russian health authorities have taken precautionary measures in response to the … Read More
October 6, 2026
(CNN) – Dozens of people were reported to be in isolation after a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague and other infectious diseases died of an undisclosed illness. The researcher, a 28-year-old female laboratory technician … Read More
October 2, 2026
(Nature) – With prospects for new treatments at an all-time high, researchers are looking for ways to boost survival by treating the disease early. Armed with new tools and fresh optimism, researchers seeking to subdue pancreatic cancer — one of … 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 30, 2026
(NYT) – An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. When Anthropic, the artificial intelligence giant, unveiled findings from … Read More
September 21, 2026
(WSJ) – The Ozempic maker is partnering with the artificial-intelligence firm to speed up drug development Novo Nordisk, the Danish drugmaker behind blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, is partnering with Anthropic to use artificial intelligence for drug … 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
(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
(Nature) – UK Biobank is imposing new safety measures after a security incident, but safeguarding biomedical data while enabling researcher access remains a challenge. On a Tuesday in mid-April, UK Biobank — one of the largest and most comprehensive health-tracking … Read More
September 16, 2026
(Nature) – Wearable technology is a boon for studying health behaviours, but it comes with some thorny ethical concerns, says researcher Wuyoh Sui. Wuyoh Sui, a digital-health and behavioural-change researcher at Western University in London, Canada, has been studying how … Read More
