Variational AI Enters $349 Million Collaboration with Merck to Apply Generative AI to Drug Discovery
On Sept. 23, 2025, Variational AI a generative AI drug discovery company, announced a collaboration with Merck to…
Lilly launches TuneLab platform to give biotech companies access to AI-enabled drug discovery models with over $1 billion in research investment
On Sept. 9, 2025, Eli Lilly announced the launch of Lilly TuneLab, an artificial intelligence and machine learning…
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MIT researchers develop AI tool to improve flu vaccine strain selection
On Aug. 28, 2025, scientists at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the MIT Abdul…
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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s final act: New $3.1B foundation bets big on science and tech
On Aug. 27, 2025, a new fun created by Allen’s estate under the late Microsoft co-founder’s instructions, was…
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CPRIT Approves $27 Million In Grants for Cancer Research in Texas
On Aug. 20, 2025, The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced the approval of 15…
New Method Advances Reliability of Ai with Applications in Medical Diagnostics
On Aug. 20, 2025, two studies led by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Ludwig Center, and Johns Hopkins Whiting School of…
Using generative AI, researchers design compounds that can kill drug-resistant bacteria
On Aug. 14, 2025, with help from artificial intelligence, researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced they…
Lilly signs $1.3 billion deal with Superluminal to discover obesity medicines using AI
On Aug. 14, 2025, Eli Lilly has signed a deal worth $1.3 billion with privately held Superluminal Medicines…
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China creates new visa for young STEM talent in national tech drive
On Aug. 14, 2025, China announced it had launched a new visa category for young science and technology…
Researchers create ‘virtual scientists’ to solve complex biological problems
On Jul. 29, 2025, Stanford Medicine researchers announced the creation a team of virtual scientists backed by artificial…
Neural anticipation of virtual infection triggers an immune response
On Jul. 28, 2025, a study published in Nature Neuroscience shows that potential contact with approaching infectious avatars,…
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China approving innovative drugs at record pace as discovery momentum shifts from the West
On Jul. 24, 2025, The China Times reported that China is making inroads in the race for innovative…
Researchers design cancer vaccine blueprint for melanoma
On Jul. 24, 2025, University of Alberta (UA) researchers announced they have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence…
Biogen Announces $2 Billion Manufacturing Investment in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park
On Jul. 21, 2025, Biogen announced it intends to invest an additional $2 billion in its existing manufacturing…
Scientists create biological ‘artificial intelligence’ system
On Jul. 7, 2025, Australian scientists, including at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, have successfully developed…
Google DeepMind Announces AlphaGenome: AI for better understanding the genome
On Jun. 25, 2025, Google Deepmind introduce AlphaGenome, a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that more comprehensively and…
Nvidia-backed AI startup SandboxAQ creates new data to speed up drug discovery
On Jun. 18, 2025, SandboxAQ, an artificial intelligence startup spun out of Alphabet’s Google and backed by Nvidia…
Japan draws up $700 Million Fund to attract foreign researchers
On Jun. 13, 2025, the Japanese government unveiled a 100 billion yen ($700 million) policy package designed to…
Pioneering cancer plasticity atlas will help predict response to cancer therapies
On Jun. 12, 2025, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Parse Biosciences and the Computational Health Center at Helmholtz Munich…
LinusBio Launches Groundbreaking ClearStrand-ASD to aid Health Care Providers in Ruling Out Autism Using a Single Strand of Hair
On Jun. 5, 2025, LinusBio announced ClearStrand-ASD™, a first-of-its-kind diagnostic aid for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ClearStrand-ASD is…
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Science-integrity project will root out bad medical papers ‘and tell everyone’
On Jun. 4, 2025, the Center for Scientific Integrity — the non-profit organization that runs Retraction Watch —…
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FDA Launches Agency-Wide AI Tool to Optimize Performance
On Jun. 2, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces it has launched Elsa, a generative…
Mayo Clinic researchers develop AI tool to detect surgical site infections from patient-submitted photos
On May 7, 2025, a team of Mayo Clinic researchers has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that…
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Medical AI trained on whopping 57 million health records
On May 7, 2025, researchers at the University College London (UCL) and King’s College London announced that an…
EMA Uses AI to Leverage the power of data for public and animal health
On May 7, 2025, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) have published…
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Europe pledges half a billion euros to lure scientists as Trump battles universities
On May 5, 2025, The European Union (EU) and France announced half a billion euros worth of incentives…
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NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
On May 1, 2025, the staff members at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) were told to “stop…
Scientists complete largest wiring diagram and functional map of the brain to date
On Apr. 9, 2025, a team of neuro scientists scientists published findings from the Machine Intelligence from Cortical…
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National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology Urges Swift Action to Protect U.S. National Security
On Apr. 8, 2025, the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology delivered its major report and action plan…
Europe steps up recruitment of U.S. scientists
On April 3, France’s Université Paris-Saclay said it is one of dozens of European institutions ramping up efforts…