FDA approves at-home pap smear alternative device for cervical cancer screening

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new device called the Teal Wand, which its creator describes as an "at-home vaginal sample self-collection device for cervical cancer screening.&qu [...]

AI consultant uses ChatGPT, AlphaFold, and Grok to find a possible treatment for his dog's cancer

An Australian AI consultant used ChatGPT, AlphaFold, and Grok to find a possible treatment for his dog Rosie's incurable cancer. The story went viral after high-profile AI executives like OpenAI& [...]

UCB is snapping up U.S. autoimmune biotech Candid Therapeutics for $2.2 billion

The Belgian pharma company is paying $2 billion upfront for Candid's pipeline of T-cell engagers targeting autoimmune diseases [...]

RISA Labs Raises $3.5M to Accelerate Cancer Treatment with AI Operating System

In a healthcare system where cancer patients often wait days—or even weeks—for life-saving treatments due to administrative red tape, RISA Labs is stepping in with a powerful, AI-native solution d [...]

UCB pays up to $2.2bn for Candid Therapeutics, doubling down on T-cell engagers in autoimmune disease

The Belgian pharma is buying a two-year-old San Diego biotech for $2bn upfront, the second TCE bet it has placed in months. The thesis: B-cell killers built for cancer can rewire how autoimmune diseas [...]

Peter Thiel is utterly wrong about Alzheimer's

The New York Times ran a lengthy interview this morning between columnist Ross Douthat and venture capitalist and PayPal founder Peter Thiel. There's a reason it was published in the opinion sect [...]

Google Deepmind's new Gemma model helped discover a new cancer treatment pathway.

Google Deepmind and Yale University have introduced a new AI model called C2S-Scale 27B, built on the open Gemma model family.<br /> The article Google Deepmind's new Gemma model helped dis [...]

Awesome Games Done Quick raises another $2.5 million for a cancer nonprofit

The weeklong speedrunning marathon Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 wrapped up in the wee hours of Sunday morning, and organizers say it managed to pull in a total of $2,556,305 for Prevent Cancer Founda [...]

The FDA clears the first blood test for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease

There's a new way to screen for early detection of Alzheimer's disease. On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the first blood test for the disorder. Fujirebio Diagnostics [...]