UT Introduces UT Dell Medicine, Shares Plans for Advanced Specialty Care in Central Texas
On Oct. 27, 2026, the University of Texas at Austin introduced UT Dell Medicine, its academic health system,…
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Anthropic Acquires Mithril Medicine, a one-person company developing treatments for rare forms of muscular dystrophy
On Oct. 27, 2026, Anthropic announced the acquisition of Mithril Medicine, a one-person company that has been developing…
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Biotechnology | Chemistry | FDA | Oncology | Pharmaceutical
Merck Drug Reduces Risk of Death by 32% Compared to Chemotherapy Awarded FDA Priority Review
On Oct. 26, 2026, Merck announced the first results from the pivotal Phase 3 TroFuse-005 trial evaluating sacituzumab…
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FDA Approves First Once-Weekly Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Pediatric Patients
On Oct. 23, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it has approved Awiqli (insulin icodec-abae) injection,…
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CDC Reports 4,811 Patients Admitted to Hospitals with Influenza, Cases Continue to Rise
On Oct. 23, 2026, the U.S. Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 4,811 patients were admitted to…
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Biotechnology | CDC | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Measles | Vaccine
US CDC Reports Measles cases rise to 4,588 as outbreak continues
On Oct. 23, 2026, The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 4,588 measles cases in…
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Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | Chemistry | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Quantum | Rare Disease | Stem Cell | Vaccine
Anthropic Announces Open call for guest investigators in the life sciences
On Oct. 22, 2026, Anthropic is inviting members of the life sciences community to apply to work with…
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novel mRNA cancer vaccine helps reduce the chances of melanoma patients’ tumors returning
On Oct. 22, 2026, a first-of-its-kind cancer vaccine is significantly reducing the chances that melanoma patients’ tumors come…
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Gilead to Acquire PepStar Therapeutics’ Oral IL-23R Inhibitor HCXT-2001, Strengthening Its IBD Inflammation Pipeline for $1.275 billion in Cash
On Oct. 22, 2026, Gilead Sciences announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire an…
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1st Recipient of iPS Cell Sheet Transplant Set for Discharge
On Oct. 21, 2026, a woman in her 50s who received the first transplant of heart muscle cell…
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EQT to Acquire QIAGEN for $12.1 Billion in Cash
On Oct. 21, 2026, QIAGEN and the EQT XI fund announced an agreement under which Crown NL Bidco…
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U.S. FDA Approved GSK’s Hibsago (bepirovirsen) for treatment of chronic hepatitis B
On Oct. 20, 2026, GSK announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Hibsago (bepirovirsen)…
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Notre Dame investing $275 Million in biomedical research
On Oct. 20, 2026, the University of Notre Dame announced it is investing $275 million in assembling new…
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Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | Clinical Research | Diagnostics | Genomics | Medical Device | Pharmaceutical | Therapeutics
OpenAI acquires Orchestra Bio Platform
On Oct. 20, 2026, OpenAI announced it has acquired Orchestra Bio, a platform that helps biopharma teams coordinate…
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Merck to Acquire Silence Therapeutics for $1.3 Billion, Strengthening Rare Disease Platform
On Oct. 19, 2026, Merck announced it it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Silence Therapeutics,…
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US prize-winning cancer scientist Wan Fengyi joins China’s Zhejiang University
On Oct. 19, 2026, a Johns Hopkins University scientist whose award-winning work suggests that a brief stomach bug…
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Agriculture | Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | CRISPR | Genomics | Imaging | Implants | Infectious Disease | Nanotechnology | Neurology | Non-Profit Research | Quantum | Rare Disease | Stem Cell | Vaccine | Women's Health
researchers leaving the U.S. because of funding cuts and politicization of science
On Oct. 19, 2026, the Associated Press has reported that when the Trump administration began upending U.S. scientific…
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Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Donate $50 Million to the Medical College of Wisconsin to Advance Precision Medicine
On Oct. 19, 2026, The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) announced a historic $50 million gift from Linda…
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Viatris Receives U.S. FDA Approval for RYZUMVI® for the Treatment of Presbyopia
On Oct. 16, 2026, Viatris announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved RYZUMVI® (phentolamine…
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New ways to catch a thief—via intruders’ airborne Environmental DNA
On Oct. 15, 2026, an international study, led by Norwegian experts at Oslo University Hospital with collaborators at…
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Biotechnology | Cardiology | Disease | Genomics | Neurology | NIH | Oncology
Large-scale study advances detection of DNA mutations across the human genome
On Oct. 15, 2026, researchers in a Mayo Clinic-led study have shown how to detect a broad range…
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China is a beacon of global embryo research, says scientist on return from US to lead lab
On Oct. 15, 2026, the South China Morning Post reported that leading life scientist Wu Jun, who recently…
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Whitehouse advances plan for peptide drugs
On Oct. 15, 2026, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week submitted a peptide “interim access policy”…
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RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine views influenced decision to shelve U.S. bird flu response plan
On Oct. 14, 2026, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine skeptical views influenced the decision to shelve…
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Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | Non-Profit Research | Rare Disease | Therapeutics | Vaccine | Women's Health
As White House shifts focus toward AI and tech, U.S. science leaders defend role of the American university
On Oct. 14, 2026, this fall, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where 95% of students are STEM majors,…
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Biotechnology | CRISPR | Diagnostics | Neurology | NIH | Oncology
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers Identify Role of Newly Discovered Genetic Variant in Neurodevelopmental Disorder
On Oct. 13, 2026, Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have discovered the mechanisms of previously unknown…
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Biotechnology | CRISPR | Diagnostics | HIV
Rice scientists engineer new tool to improve detection of HIV and other viruses
On Oct. 13, 2026, researchers at Rice University have developed an improved version of Cas13a that could make…
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NASA’s SpaceX CRS-35 Mission to Launch Health Research
On Oct. 12, 2026, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that experiments focused on human and…
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Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | Cardiology | Diagnostics | Genomics | Medicine | Neurology | NIH | Oncology | Telemedicine
Georgia Tech Opens Super Computer to researchers nationwide
On Oct. 12, 2026, Georgia Tech announced it is opening a new frontier in scientific computing with Nexus,…
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GSK to Invest Over $800 Million to Expand Operations in Pennsylvania, Creating Over 300 New Jobs
On Oct. 9, 2026, the Pennsylvania Governor’s Office announced the Commonwealth has secured an over $800 million investment…
