Applications of AI in healthcare, including medical diagnostics, drug discovery, patient care solutions, and biotechnology research.
XRlabs raised €7.48 million in seed funding to expand its surgical planning and operating room software. Playground Global led the round, with participation from Eka Ventures.
Mass General Brigham researchers developed two AI tools that use a facial photograph to estimate biological age and cancer survival.
Researchers at MIT, Boston Children's Hospital, and Inria developed E(3)-Pose, a deep learning model that tracks fetal head movement during MRI scans. The model uses head symmetry to help produce clearer 3D brain images.
Georgia Tech researchers received a three year, $1.5 million grant to expand a platform that helps older adults find assistive technologies for independent living.
Fabarta has upgraded its AI for Science platform with an RSI engine that connects materials research, experiments, pilot scale trials and industrial production.
Poreva Open will test more than 10,000 AI generated protein designs through standardized wet lab experiments and publish the resulting data.
NTL HEALTHCARE presented its cervical screening system at WHX Johannesburg and held discussions about adoption in South Africa.
Ultima Genomics will provide its UG200 sequencing platform for a study that will create an AI foundation dataset from 80,000 UK Biobank blood samples.
GPT-5 failed to identify 221 of 805 confirmed pediatric growth plate fractures in a study of anonymized X rays.
HistoIndex and A*STAR will use quantitative tissue analysis to evaluate therapeutic candidates for fibrotic diseases during preclinical research.
Software Technology Parks of India and IIT BHU's entrepreneurship center held a conclave in Varanasi focused on AI applications in healthcare and assistive technology.
Masimo received FDA 510(k) clearance for an atrial fibrillation detection feature on its Radius VSM patient monitor. The feature continuously analyzes pulse waveform data and identifies rhythms that may require further evaluation.
Researchers developed a deep learning framework that adapts electronic stethoscope data to detect abnormal lung sounds in smartphone recordings.
Functional medicine physician Dr. Ruth Johnson invested in RunPractice and uses its practice management system at her Midtown Manhattan clinic.
Longevity platform Attilio appoints Buck Institute President and CEO Eric Verdin as cochairman to guide its scientific direction and member assessments.
HETA Clinical includes four AI products that assess slide quality, tumor presence, mitotic counts and tumor cellularity in whole slide H&E images.
Specialty1 Partners is investing in AI tools for clinical documentation, patient communication, insurance administration and business operations across its dental practice network.
Researchers analyzed how 950,000 US clinicians used OpenEvidence from January 2024 to June 2026. Most queries concerned clinical decisions, particularly treatment and patient management.
OpenAI's Rosalind Academic Plan gives eligible US university biology labs up to 30 sponsored seats for one year, including access to GPT-Rosalind.
The MHRA plans to use AI to detect medicine safety signals earlier, improve clinical trial applications and clarify rules for AI medical products.
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