Life Sciences

Applications of AI in healthcare, including medical diagnostics, drug discovery, patient care solutions, and biotechnology research.

Monod Bio Licenses Protein Technologies to SignalChem Biotech

Monod Bio and SignalChem Biotech signed a nonexclusive license for LuxSit luciferase technology and NovoBodies for custom luminescent assays and protein fusion services.

August 26, 2026

PENTAX Medical Expands MAGENTIQ EYE Colonoscopy AI Partnership Worldwide

PENTAX Medical has expanded its partnership with Magentiq Eye Ltd. to bring MAGENTIQ-COLO to more endoscopy markets through PENTAX Medical video processors.

August 26, 2026

PrecisionLife Selects Gencove for US DNA Wellness Reports

PrecisionLife has selected Gencove as its US consumer genetics platform partner for DNA wellness reports, starting with a Post COVID report for general wellness and education.

August 26, 2026

Arintra Raises $25 Million for Healthcare Revenue Assurance AI

Arintra raised $25 million in Series B funding led by Define Ventures, bringing its total funding to $51 million. The company plans to expand its AI platform for healthcare revenue assurance across more health systems and revenue cycle functions.

August 26, 2026

Onos Health Raises $17 Million for Behavioral Health AI Platform

Onos Health raised $17 million in Series A funding led by Costanoa Ventures, with participation from Flare Capital Partners and CVS Health Ventures. The company provides an AI platform for behavioral health clinical intelligence used by health plans.

August 26, 2026

Knack Launches HIPAA Compliant MCP Server for AI App Builders

Knack has launched an MCP Server that connects AI coding tools to a relational database backend with HIPAA compliant options, access controls, workflows, automations, integrations, and managed hosting.

August 26, 2026

Stowers Institute Scientists Develop PISA for Genomic AI Models

Researchers at Stowers Institute for Medical Research developed PISA, a method that shows how genomic AI models connect DNA bases to predictions. The method can separate technical bias from biological signals and helped identify DNA sequences tied to nucleosome positioning and 3D chromatin domain boundaries.

August 26, 2026

Spineart and eCential Robotics Receive FDA Clearance for PERLA TL Spine App

Spineart and eCential Robotics received FDA 510(k) clearance for the PERLA TL application for use with the eCential Op.n navigation and robotics platform.

August 26, 2026

HealthCatalyst Northwest Arkansas Names Seven Startups for Community Pilots

HTA and NXTUS selected seven startups for the first HealthCatalyst Northwest Arkansas pilot cohort, with each company paired with a local community partner for a $20,000 project.

August 25, 2026

Annie Launches Digital Coworker for Dental Practices

Annie has launched a Digital Coworker for dental teams that expands its AI receptionist into insurance verification, recare, appointment confirmation, and cancellation management.

August 25, 2026

Memorial Hermann Invests in PartsSource

PartsSource received a strategic investment from Memorial Hermann Health System for its clinical technology management platform, which supports parts, service, contracts, asset intelligence, and workforce capacity for hospitals.

August 25, 2026

ECRI Expands Reporting Network for AI Errors in Patient Care

ECRI has expanded its Problem Reporting Network to collect reports of errors, malfunctions, near misses, and unsafe behavior involving AI tools and AI enabled devices used in patient care.

August 25, 2026

BreakBio Plans Clinic Entry for Personalized Cancer Drugs

BreakBio says it will enter the clinic next quarter with personalized cancer drugs that use AI analysis of tumor sequencing and mass spectrometry data to identify patient targets.

August 25, 2026

FDB Deploys AI Prescribing Agent With Tebra

FDB has deployed FDB Script Agent with Tebra, adding AI generated prescription drafting to Tebra AI Note Assist for clinician review.

August 24, 2026

DeepCura Unveils Electronic Health Workforce for Clinical Operations

DeepCura introduced the Electronic Health Workforce, a clinician supervised AI system for reception, scribing, intake, scheduling, and inbox work in healthcare practices.

August 24, 2026

Brightn Adds OpenLoop Therapy Access to Mental Wellness App

Brightn and OpenLoop have partnered to let Brightn users schedule licensed therapy sessions through the Brightn app. The service connects daily mental wellness tools with OpenLoop's national therapist network.

August 24, 2026

NVOX Launches US Clinical Network for ADHD Assessment

NVOX has launched NVOX Network, a US clinical network for ADHD assessment that lets qualified clinicians use its platform with their own clients or review cases through NVOX Direct.

August 24, 2026

Sunshine Guojian Reports AI Assisted Drug Design Work in H1 Results

Sunshine Guojian Pharmaceutical reported first half 2026 revenue of RMB 866 million and described progress across its antibody pipeline, including programs supported by AI assisted drug design.

August 21, 2026

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Study Applies AI Concepts to T Cell Training

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory researchers used single cell sequencing and AI simulations to study how T cells learn to avoid attacking healthy tissue.

August 21, 2026

TransformativeMed and Red Rover Health Partner on Agentic AI for Oracle Health EHR

TransformativeMed and Red Rover Health are partnering to build agentic AI tools inside Oracle Health's EHR, starting with patient discharge planning.

August 21, 2026

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