Experimental gene therapy successfully treats dozens of children with rare fatal disorder
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When helpfulness backfires: LLMs and the risk of false medical information due to sycophantic behavior
To evaluate language models across varying levels of drug familiarity, we used the RABBITS30 dataset, which includes 550…
Breakthrough cell therapy could replace organ transplants
Liver, kidney, heart and lung transplants could soon be a thing of the past as work begins on…
Your DNA may hold the key to your relationship with cannabis, new study says
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Drugs such as Ozempic and other GLP-1s may interfere with medical scan results
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Brain area linked to chronic pain discovered — offering hope for treatments
Neurons (pictured) in a brain region called the parabrachial nucleus have been implicated in creating the sensation of…
The cutting-edge medical approaches that could transform ageing
Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity Eric Topol Simon & Schuster (2025) Super Agers, by clinician Eric…
Generative artificial intelligence in medicine
Bengesi, S. et al. Advancements in generative AI: a comprehensive review of GANs, GPT, autoencoders, diffusion model, and…
Doctors still outperform AI in medical emergencies. Nurses? It’s mixed, study finds
Published on 01/10/2025 – 7:00 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are worse than doctors and nurses at…
A baby benefits from personalized gene editing in the clinic
Scientists have used a genome-editing technique called base editing to correct a mutation in a baby who had…
Swapping old immune cells in the brain with fresh ones could treat disease
After a mouse received treatment to eliminate immune cells called microglia, it was injected with human progenitor cells…
Huntington’s disease treated for first time using gene therapy
A brain scan of a person with Huntington’s disease, which causes a loss of brain volume as neurons…