This mysterious lung disease affects millions of people — but a drug tested in mice shows promise
X-ray shows scarring in the lungs that occurs in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.Credit: SPL A mysterious lung…
First pig liver and kidneys transplanted into a person — could ease organ shortages
Genetically modified pigs, at a farm in Virginia, are being bred for their organs.Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty…
Advancing conversational diagnostic AI with multimodal reasoning
This work advances the diagnostic capabilities of the multimodal AMIE system4,5 by integrating multimodal perception, enabling it to…
AI can design viruses, toxins and other bioweapons. How worried should we be?
It’s hard to imagine that a snail could kill a person, but a particularly venomous group of marine…
Testing for ‘Bad Cholesterol’ Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
For decades, assessing cholesterol risk has been built around a simple idea: Lower “bad” cholesterol, lower your chance…
Diabetes Detection Needs Better Tools. They’re on the Way
For decades, a diabetes diagnosis has relied largely on measuring blood sugar and seeing whether it crosses a…
How NYC’s queen of gluten-free built an American empire after a devastating diagnosis
After a devastating diagnosis of celiac disease at age 20, Vanessa Phillips had to rewrite the menu in…
A bat coronavirus can enter human cells through a previously unknown gateway – Nature
A bat coronavirus can enter human cells through a previously unknown gateway NatureHeart-nosed bat alphacoronaviruses use human CEACAM6 to…
‘Bat feast’ animal videos at African cave offer clues to how deadly viruses spread
Researchers caught an African leopard on camera eating bats from a cave in Uganda. It might be the…
Genetic predisposition to coffee consumption and the association with the early risk of atherosclerosis
Data collection in SCAPIS This study utilized data from the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS), a national large-scale…
Mothers ‘Terrified’ as Children Could Lose Treatments After FDA Denials
Mothers from across the country have spoken to Newsweek about their concern for their children after the Food…
A clinical environment simulator for dynamic AI evaluation
Goh, E. et al. Large language model influence on diagnostic reasoning: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Netw. Open…