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Digital health: Smartphone-based monitoring of multiple sclerosis using Floodlight

Australian Lab First to Grow New Virus Outside China

The team plans to share the virus with groups around the world to spur development of diagnostics and vaccines

Scientists Solve a Deadly TB Mystery

Tools used to reconstruct the rise of drug-resistant tuberculosis could also be applied in real time to ward off would-be epidemics

CRISPR-Edited Babies Arrived, and Regulators Are Still Racing to Catch Up

One year after the world learned of He Jiankui’s editing of twins, gaps in rules remain

“Organoids” Reveal How Human Forebrain Develops

Studying gene expression in human brain tissue grown in the lab could offer insight into disorders such as autism

New Nerve-Growing Method Could Help Injured Soldiers and Others

Eight years of experiments demonstrate the bridging of large gaps in damaged nerves

Kill Switch for CRISPR Could Make Gene Editing Safer

Anti-CRISPR proteins could bolster biosecurity and improve medical treatments

World’s First “Living Machine” Created Using Frog Cells and Artificial Intelligence

Scientists used computer algorithms to develop a programmable organism made of frog DNA

Innovations In: AI and digital health

Over the next decade artificial intelligence is likely to transform the biomedical world. Deep-learning algorithms could aid in developing new drugs, interpreting medical images, cleaning up electronic patient charts, and more...

Gene Therapy Arrives

After false starts, drugs that manipulate the code of life are finally changing lives

Fighting Unfairness in Genetic Medicine

DNA-based medicine needs more diversity to avoid harmful bias. One big research project is fixing that

Google AI Tool Can Pinpoint Breast Cancer Better Than Clinicians

The software detected cancers at higher rates than radiologists, with fewer false positives

Artificial Intelligence Is Rushing Into Patient Care—And Could Raise Risks

AI systems are not as rigorously tested as other medical devices, and have already made serious mistakes

Invisible Ink Could Reveal whether Kids Have Been Vaccinated

The technology embeds immunization records into a child’s skin

The Potential Hazards Of Personalized Medicines

As the number of precision medicines grows, so does the challenge of assuring their quality. Solutions are waiting in the wings.

Apple Launches Virtual Health Studies Aiming to Enroll Hundreds of Thousands of Customers

Amid privacy concerns, the tech giant plans to monitor mobility, menstruation and hearing via users’ Apple watches and iPhones

Stem Cells 2 Go

Japan has turned regenerative medicine into a regulatory free-for-all. Patients across the world could pay the price

How Mass Spectrometry Can Help Limit Reproducibility Problems

Technology comes to the aid against a drain on resources in medical research

Scientists Program CRISPR to Fight Viruses in Human Cells

A common gene-editing enzyme could be used to disable RNA viruses such as flu or Ebola

China Needs Stronger Ethical Safeguards in Biomedicine

As the country seeks to become a research powerhouse, it must rectify worrisome practices