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DeepMind's AlphaGenome 2 Finds Disease Variants Cell by Cell
AlphaGenome 2, announced on 11 November 2026, predicts how DNA variants act in specific human cell types. We explain what it does, how it reproduced a known bowel disease finding, and why it is a disease-understanding tool rather than an outbreak tracker.
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AI-Designed Bird Flu Vaccine Beat the Stockpile Jab. Here's the Catch
A computer-designed mRNA bird flu vaccine outperformed WHO-based candidates in mice and ferrets. Here is what the Cell Reports Medicine study shows, and what it cannot yet tell us.
Your Government Wants to Tell You Your Biological Age. Can It?
Shuffle the Test Set and Protein AI's Best Scores Collapse
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
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The Next Pandemic Won't Have the Symptoms You're Watching For
Outbreak detection still runs on fixed symptom checklists. A new Nature comment argues for symptom preparedness, and gives AI one narrow job.
AI Models Cells Across a Billion Years. Can They Beat Plain PCA?
A preprint posted last week shows single-cell foundation models transfer across a billion years of evolution. The peer-reviewed benchmark record is far less flattering. Here is what the evidence actually supports.
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.
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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.
