Open RNA AI Model Rivals AlphaFold 3 at RNA Structure Prediction
A structure-guided RNA foundation model, structRFM, was published in Nature on 4 November 2026 with open data, weights and code. We explain what it does, how it compares with AlphaFold 3, and where the evidence is thin.
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Shuffle the Test Set and Protein AI's Best Scores Collapse
New benchmarking work reports that protein language model scores fall sharply once homologous sequences are kept out of the test set. The problem is well documented.
AI Agents Just Ran a DNA Lab for 11,000 Steps With Almost No Humans
Western Ethics Wrote AI's Medical Rulebook. Yoruba Philosophy Answers Back
The Next Pandemic Won't Have the Symptoms You're Watching For
AI Models Cells Across a Billion Years. Can They Beat Plain PCA?
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Just Describe the Protein You Want. This AI Builds It, and It Works
A protein language model called Pinal designs working enzymes from plain-English prompts. What the Nature paper proves, and what it does not.
Measles Elimination Now Hinges on 450 Letters of Viral Code
This month PAHO decides whether the United States and Mexico have lost measles elimination status. The verdict rests on a question of viral genomics: one chain of transmission, or many separate importations?
AI Can Call Drug Resistance in Hours. Should Labs Trust It Yet?
AI diagnostics can now predict antibiotic and antiviral resistance from a pathogen genome with striking accuracy. We examine the 2026 evidence, and why Europe's own susceptibility testing committee says it is not ready for the clinic.
No Federal AI Law? How US States Are Quietly Writing the Rules for Health AI
The US still has no federal AI law. We map how state AI laws now govern health AI, from chatbot crisis rules to human review of insurance denials, and what federal preemption could change.
AI-Designed Longevity Drugs Are in Human Trials. Do Any of Them Work?
AI drug discovery has put the first ageing-focused drugs into human trials. We weigh the evidence on rentosertib, BGE-102, RLS-1496 and the ageing clocks used to judge them.
AI Is Reading Disease One Cell at a Time. Is the Hype Ahead of the Data?
Single cell sequencing now profiles hundreds of millions of cells, and AI foundation models such as scGPT and Geneformer promise to map disease cell by cell. Here is what the evidence supports.
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AI diagnostics can now predict antibiotic and antiviral resistance from a pathogen genome with striking accuracy. We examine the 2026 evidence, and why Europe's own susceptibility testing committee says it is not ready for the clinic.
