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STAT+: NVIDIA’s Kimberly Powell touts progress on AI in drug discovery
SAN FRANCISCO — In the world of drug discovery, AI progress is often measured by…
STAT+: Microsoft’s Peter Lee says ChatGPT shouldn’t be used for initial diagnosis
SAN FRANCISCO — Surging interest in generative AI among medical professionals since ChatGPT’s launch is…
Leqembi gets closer to being offered as an injection
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STAT+: Can AI build custom ‘n-of-1’ drugs faster? Maybe not yet, new case study suggests
Two years ago, Yiwei Shi was searching desperately for someone to build a drug for…
STAT+: In fundamental advance, Google says AlphaFold 3 can map a vast universe of biomolecules
Google on Wednesday unveiled an artificial intelligence tool capable of predicting the structure and interaction…
STAT’s Casey Ross and Bob Herman named 2024 Pulitzer Prize finalists
Dear Readers, We are enormously proud that STAT reporters Casey Ross and Bob Herman have…
STAT+: Life science leaders on how to make drug development less expensive, slow, and risky
Drug development is essentially a long, expensive bet: Ninety percent of drugs fail during clinical…
STAT+: Assistants, not replacements: How AI can accelerate research and health care
When patients are dealing with a sexually transmitted infection, they don’t always get advice on…
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Opinion: An AI-based second opinion service could improve clinical decision-making today
Millions of Americans rely on the internet to answer questions about their own health. The…
STAT+: AI is becoming the exclusive province of academic medicine. A new initiative aims to change that
In Kingman, Ariz., a windswept city of 35,000 at the eastern edge of the Mojave…
STAT+: Generative AI is supposed to save doctors from burnout. New data show it needs more training
After stratospheric levels of hype, early evidence may be bringing generative artificial intelligence down to…
STAT+: Equity, technology, and costs top of mind for life science’s leaders
Physicians, researchers, CEOs, reporters, and more gathered in downtown Boston Wednesday night to celebrate STAT’s…
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STAT+: HCA to expand the use of AI tool to automate clinical documentation in ER
HCA Healthcare, the largest for-profit hospital chain in the United States, is planning to expand…
Opinion: STAT+: How AI can help satisfy FDA’s drug, device diversity requirements
The Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act of 2022 (FDORA), which was passed as part…
STAT+: DNA test that predicts opioid addiction should be pulled off the market, critics urge the FDA
In the next 24 hours, more than 130 people will die from opioid-related drug overdoses….
STAT+: FDA clears digital stethoscope company’s AI algorithm for heart failure
An AI algorithm to detect heart failure, embedded in a digital stethoscope, earned clearance from…
STAT+: This AI company scans penis pictures for STIs. Its unproven tech is in an FDA gray zone
Artificial intelligence is already assessing decay in your teeth, abnormalities in your heart rhythm, and…
STAT+: Nvidia says generative AI will revolutionize health care. So did IBM, with Dr. Watson
The health care sector is a notorious laggard when it comes to technology. It was…
STAT+: As AI marches into medicine, investors eye security, privacy startups
Investors are starting to back startups that offer privacy and security services to bolster health…
STAT+: Q&A: Amid AI frenzy in medicine, a federal regulator’s quest to create safeguards
Micky Tripathi is equal parts excited — and deeply concerned — about the technological change…
STAT+: AI health care companies say they’ll keep humans in the loop. But what does that actually mean?
Developers of artificial intelligence models slowly making their way into medicine have long parried ethical…
STAT+: “It’s a bit chaotic”: Hospitals struggle to validate AI-generated clinical summaries
Rob Bart remembers what it felt like, the moment of discovery. As an intern at…
Preventing the weaponization of AI-designed proteins
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STAT+: Oracle Health chair says Cerner isn’t competing with Epic
Cerner may have ceded U.S. business to reigning electronic health records market leader Epic Systems,…
Q&A: Microsoft research head explains how generative AI could help doctors be more human
Generative AI is having a moment. Peter Lee, who oversees Microsoft’s approach to health care…
STAT+: Federal regulators, scrambling to keep up with AI in health care, team up with industry to set standards
At first glance, the Coalition for Health AI looks like any technology lobbying group. Its…
STAT+: Clinical notes automation startup Abridge raises $150 million, takes aim at Microsoft Nuance
A Pittsburgh artificial intelligence startup emerging as a challenger to Microsoft’s clinical note taking business…
STAT+: Hospitals race to adopt generative AI, even as regulators struggle to keep up with the risks
Usually the words generative AI in health are followed by a bold claim. The technology…
STAT+: As regulators play catch up with AI, tech startups say uncertainty is slowing them down
The federal government’s plan to boost its oversight of the use of artificial intelligence tools…
AI in medicine, detangling hype, and Icelandic DNA
Has AI really solved biology? What can machines teach us about medicine? And what’s a…
STAT+: Government warns Medicare Advantage insurers not to deny care based on AI
In recent months, the federal government has repeatedly told Medicare Advantage insurers that they cannot…
STAT+: AI can speed up drug discovery but don’t expect it to cure cancer, yet
David Reese calls it a “hinge moment” — the turning point when biotech and big…
Opinion: AI assurance labs intended to test health care technology have an equity problem
As leaders across federal agencies swiftly advance regulations for AI in health care, one proposal…
STAT+: AI therapy and ICU training: A first look at health apps for Apple Vision Pro
Apple Vision Pro, the company’s most important new product in a decade, promises to envelop…
STAT+: Sophisticated phishing and deepfakes: How generative AI brings new threats for hospitals
The ubiquity of AI tools like ChatGPT could be a boon to hospitals eager for…
STAT+: Early detection of pancreatic cancer could get a boost from AI that identifies people at higher risk
Limor Appelbaum has seen too many patients whose first sign of a fatal illness came…
STAT+: Hospitals offer their custom-built tech for sale in search of new revenue streams
Hospitals aren’t usually in the business of selling technology tools. But that’s changing thanks to…
STAT+: Microsoft to embed AI tool for clinical documentation in Epic’s health records software
Microsoft on Thursday said it will launch its artificial intelligence tool for automating clinical documentation…
Opinion: A new HHS rule rules takes a far too narrow approach to health care data interoperability
In 2016, the 21st Century Cures Act required that the U.S. make progress toward interoperability,…
General Catalyst to buy Ohio-based health system Summa Health
Venture capital firm General Catalyst has agreed to acquire Ohio-based nonprofit health system Summa Health…
STAT+: At health care’s biggest investor conference, AI’s high hopes collided with skepticism
You didn’t need machine learning to make one prediction about the year’s biggest conference for…
STAT+: Rune Labs, which makes an app to track Parkinson’s symptoms, raises $12 million
Rune Labs, maker of an Apple Watch app that can track symptoms related to Parkinson’s…
Accolade beats analyst estimates, Teladoc’s optimism, and more JPM health tech news
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Patients’ social needs often get lost in health records. Generative AI could help
Generative AI’s earliest applications in medicine have largely focused on curing not patients, but the…
STAT+: Nvidia says a biological revolution is happening now. But is it?
SAN FRANCISCO — The small hotel meeting room was packed like a rush hour subway….
STAT+: Mayo Clinic partners with supercomputing startup Cerebras to build custom AI tools
SAN FRANCISCO — Mayo Clinic has signed Silicon Valley tech startup Cerebras as its first…
STAT+: Backed by Mayo Clinic and Microsoft, a nonprofit forms to test AI tools used in health care
A group of academic hospitals and technology companies will form a new nonprofit venture to…
No pain data yet from Vertex, and sky high deal expectations at JPM 2024
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STAT+: Insitro, biotech AI’s quiet unicorn, unveils efforts in ALS, liver disease, and cancer at JPM
New artificial intelligence technologies made headlines last year for their ability to do everything from…