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QED Science's AI ranked 57,455 bioRxiv preprints and named a 'top 1%'. Blinded experts sided with the machine over journal prestige in 75% of cases. We examine the evidence, the backlash, and what AI triage means for pandemic-era science.
The latest dispatches from the field.
Eli Lilly just wagered up to $2.75 billion on AI-designed medicines, yet not one AI-discovered drug has full FDA approval. Here's why 2026 is the year the field finally gets tested against clinical reality.
Insilico Medicine has pushed rentosertib, a drug whose target and molecule were both generated by AI, into a pivotal Phase III trial. It's the clearest test yet of whether AI drug discovery can produce medicines that work, not just headlines.
The first Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine reached human trials just 68 days into the DRC's largest-ever outbreak. What the sprint reveals about AI-era pandemic preparedness.
Stanford and Arc Institute researchers used genome language models to write complete bacteriophage genomes from scratch. Sixteen worked in the lab — and the result reopens a hard debate about AI biosecurity.
VirTues, a new foundation model published in Nature, learns one shared representation of spatial proteomics data across marker panels and imaging platforms—and finds biomarkers that predict immunotherapy response.
The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak is now the largest in DRC history. With no licensed vaccine, three candidates have reached human trials in weeks — a real-world stress test of the 100 Days Mission, AI-assisted drug discovery and outbreak modelling.
Australia just logged its first H5N1 mass-mortality event. Here's how a new wave of AI tools — protein language models, generative antibody pipelines, AI-designed antigens — is being mobilised against the virus, and where the science still falls short.
August 2, 2026 was supposed to be the day the EU AI Act's toughest rules hit high-risk systems. Then the Digital Omnibus moved the goalposts. Here's what actually changed, and what it means for AI in drug discovery.
