It's not "breaking news" now, since it was announced by NIH yesterday. But it is breaking……. https://
washingtonpost.com/health/2025/02
/08/nih-cuts-billions-dollars-biomedical-funding-effective-immediately/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert
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@erictopol
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NIH Cuts Billions in Biomedical Research Funding Immediately
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AI Agents Transform Medical Practice and Patient Care
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Our new piece in @TheLancet on the potential of AI agents in medicine @james_y_zou https://
thelancet.com/journals/lance
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AI Uses ECG to Predict Biological Age and Disease Risk
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Can your electrocardiogram be used to assess biological age?
A new study suggests with A.I. it can be used to help predict age-related diseases, including not just cardiovascular, but also Alzheimer's and cancer https://
nature.com/articles/s4151
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Non-invasive glucose tracking via Raman spectroscopy breakthrough
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Taking non-invasive glucose tracking to the next level, using Raman spectroscopy, without any needles
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Personalized Neoantigen Vaccines Show Promise Cancer Treatment
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The promise of a personalized (neoantigen) vaccine for treating cancer, as seen by immune response bolstering against renal cell carcinoma in a Phase 1 trial https://
nature.com/articles/s4158
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nature.com/articles/d4158
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LLM Bias and Grounding Issues in AI Medicine Applications
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That's right. We wrote about it here https://
nytimes.com/2025/02/02/opi
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Brain cells regulating hunger discovered via spatial omics
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Discovery of the specialized brain cells that convey and regulate hunger/satiety
The cells integrate input of food (visual, smell, texture) and gut hormone circuitry. Another jump forward through spatial omics. https://
cell.com/cell/fulltext/
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GPT-4 Enhances Physician Performance in Clinical Care Tasks
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A randomized trial of GPT-4 vs 92 physicians with or without this #AI LLM for performance on patient care tasks.
AI improved physician performance, on par with AI alone (based on 5 clinical vignettes) https://
nature.com/articles/s4159
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GLP-1 Drug Exenatide Fails to Improve Parkinson’s Disease Progression
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New @TheLancet Exenatide, a GLP-1 drug failed to improve #Parkinsons disease motor features (or slow progression) vs placebo in a small Phase 3 randomized, controlled trial https://
thelancet.com/journals/lance
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Researcher Demonstrates Scientific Integrity Through Personal Practice
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Good explainer @nature https://
nature.com/articles/d4158
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"I practice what I publish" —
@prof_horvath