Applications of AI in healthcare, including medical diagnostics, drug discovery, patient care solutions, and biotechnology research.
The University of Exeter will lead a six year project that combines AI, brain imaging, genetics, blood biomarkers and cognitive tests to support earlier dementia detection.
OpenAI and Ligo created BioBasicsBench to test how AI agents interpret raw experimental data, identify errors and recognize inconclusive evidence.
Three cancer research teams will test AURORA, an agentic AI system that analyzes evidence, proposes hypotheses and suggests experiments. Human researchers will retain control over scientific decisions and evaluate its recommendations in laboratory studies.
Siggy raised $6 million in pre seed funding for a mental health service that collects patient histories and tracks progress between appointments.
Paris based Granit raised $6 million to expand its AI agents for healthcare billing and insurance administration across Europe.
Isomorphic Labs is discussing a $5 billion funding round at a $50 billion valuation as it prepares to begin its first clinical trials.
GE HealthCare led the Series B financing, which will support Laza Medical's AI and robotics based imaging system for cardiac procedures.
SOPHiA GENETICS reported $24.3 million in third quarter revenue, while its adjusted EBITDA loss narrowed to $6.1 million.
The Canton Fair's Intelligent Healthcare Zone features AI posture assessment, rehabilitation exoskeletons, contactless heart monitoring and robotic medical systems.
The athenaPatient MCP connector lets Claude Pro and Max users in the US give Claude access to selected electronic health record data.
Polaris 6 Ultra adds sentence planning during speech, a more expressive voice system, clinical audio recognition and a larger safety model constellation.
Regina Barzilay and James Collins received the 2026 Pritzker Prize for AI in Science Research Excellence for their work using AI to discover antibiotics.
An AI model analyzing data from blood pressure monitors and wearable fitness trackers identified elevated risk of a hypertensive crisis up to 72 hours in advance.
Revive Health and FitOn Health are combining their clinical care, fitness and preventive health services into a single platform for employers and health plans.
OhMD Outcomes turns healthcare organizations' plain language goals into automated voice and text workflows. Beta access will open in mid November 2026.
The BRIGHT project received a €3.7 million EIC Pathfinder grant to develop an automated microscope that uses AI to analyze patient biopsies.
Healthcare Triangle identified a potential Indonesia pipeline worth $20 million to $45 million over the next 24 to 36 months. The opportunities remain uncontracted and include hospital, wellness and neuroscience projects.
EClinCloud found that protocol compliance, informed consent and investigator case histories accounted for 46.2% of citation occurrences in FDA inspection data from fiscal 2020 through 2025.
Pure Charge&Go MaX is now available through the US Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense and Indian Health Service.
Covera Health named Jeremy Livianu chief legal officer and Adam Travis general manager of imaging strategy and growth.
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