Life Sciences

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

Nov 12, 2026

EU project ResPECT to build generative AI assistant for cancer and depression care

The Horizon Europe project, coordinated by Heidelberg University with 22 partners, plans a randomised trial in breast cancer and depression patients.

Nov 12, 2026

Marpai says AI agents handle routine claim inquiries as revenue returns to growth

The health plan administrator reported third quarter revenue of $4.4 million, up 9.6%, and is funding claims automation with a $12.1 million financing.

Nov 12, 2026

NHS England deletes claim that 137 hospital trusts benefit from Palantir's AI data platform

The list came down after 29 trusts told the Guardian they were not using all or most of the system, as ministers weigh extending Palantir's £330m contract.

Nov 12, 2026

Trial finds ChatGPT helped oncologists record more chemotherapy side effects, but patients did no better

In a 56-patient randomised trial presented at ESMO 2026, doctors using ChatGPT Plus logged nearly twice as many toxicities, with no gain in management or quality of life.

Nov 12, 2026

Lapsi Health adds emergency doctors' guidance to its Keikku clinical AI

ACEP's clinical policies will sit inside Keikku Reference, which answers clinicians' questions using the patient's record, the live consultation and test results.

Nov 12, 2026

Unio Health Partners deploys Basata's AI agents for patient intake across 60 specialty clinics

The California physician group will use Basata to process referrals, build charts, check insurance and schedule patients with AI voice agents.

Nov 12, 2026

LERA Health launches women's health platform with an AI coach for $29 a month

Members start with a $549 at-home assessment of hormones, gut, metabolism and stress, then get round-the-clock guidance from an AI coach backed by a human care team.

Nov 12, 2026

DIAGENS releases CT model covering 509 chest and abdominal findings

The Hong Kong-listed company's iMed-6.0 imaging models topped Shanghai AI Laboratory's MedBench multimodal ranking, and its new CT model reached a 0.855 AUC in internal tests.

Nov 12, 2026

LateralCare signs six US hospital associations to offer its AI revenue cycle platform

Hospital groups in Texas, California, Michigan, New York and Florida will make LateralCare's agentic revenue alai platform available to their members.

Nov 12, 2026

SmileFy launches AI Smile Designer that plans dental makeovers from a photo and scan

The tool analyses facial and dental features, suggests treatments such as aligners or veneers, and builds a 3D design on the intraoral scan; dentists make the clinical calls.

Nov 12, 2026

RADPAIR builds its AI radiology reporting into Novarad's NovaPACS imaging platform

Radiologists will be able to read images, check prior studies and draft and finalise AI-generated reports in one workspace instead of switching between applications.

Nov 12, 2026

Chris Hemsworth co-founds KINSYN, a wellness platform that uses AI on medical and wearable data

KINSYN combines medical records, biomarkers and wearable data, with proprietary AI to help physicians make individual recommendations, including prescriptions and supplements.

Nov 12, 2026

Kno2 connects Microsoft Azure healthcare customers to its national clinical data network

Health systems on Azure can pull outside clinical records into Fabric and OneLake through Kno2 and use them in agents built with Microsoft Foundry and Copilot Studio.

Nov 12, 2026

Penguin Ai survey: 62% of patients facing prior authorization delays gave up on care

In a survey of 500 US adults commissioned by Penguin Ai, 69% said they would be more upset if AI made or recommended a denial, but 87% would back AI that speeds approvals.

Nov 12, 2026

Orakl Oncology Raises $34 Million to Predict Cancer Drug Response With AI

Paris-based Orakl Oncology raised a $34 million Series A led by Norrsken VC and Singular for AI that tests cancer drugs on lab-grown virtual patients.

Nov 12, 2026

Elligint Health Acquires Israeli AI Care Management Startup Laguna

US health insurer software provider Elligint Health is acquiring Laguna Health, whose AI records and assesses care management calls, in a deal reported at tens of millions of dollars.

Nov 12, 2026

Biomatter Raises $18 Million for AI Enzyme Design

Biomatter raised $18 million in an oversubscribed Series A round to expand its computational enzyme design platform and build a facility in Vilnius.

Nov 12, 2026

BioMap Announces 11 AI Life Science Collaborations

BioMap announced 11 collaborations covering drug research, agricultural breeding, biological modeling and international expansion.

Nov 11, 2026

Optum and Alameda Alliance Partner on AI Claims Automation

Optum and Alameda Alliance for Health are partnering to automate claims adjudication with agentic AI. The project will begin with claims workflows and later expand to other operations.

Nov 11, 2026

Mosaic Raises $47M for Blood Vessel Surgery Robots

Mosaic Intelligence Labs raised $47 million in seed funding to develop sensing instruments, AI and robotic systems for procedures inside blood vessels.

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