AI

Google introduces MedLM 

Google has introduced MedLM — a family of foundation models fine-tuned for healthcare industry use cases.   Healthcare organisations are exploring the use of AI for a range of applications, from basic tasks to complex workflows. Through piloting Google’s tools...

Twin Health secures US$50m to expand its groundbreaking whole body digital twin technology and service to reverse chronic metabolic disease 

Twin Health, creators of the Whole Body Digital Twin service for reversing, improving and preventing chronic metabolic diseases, announced securing US$50 million in funding to continue expanding its groundbreaking technology and clinical service solutions...

Warner Music Group announces partnership with MedTech company to trial ‘musical medicine’  

Warner Music Group, (WMG) the global music entertainment company, has announced a partnership with MediMusic, the British health tech start-up, to help trial ‘music as medicine’ to relieve pain, anxiety and stress.   Through the partnership, Med...

Oxford-led study shows how AI can detect antibiotic resistance in as little as 30 minutes 

Researchers supported by the Oxford Martin Programme on Antimicrobial Resistance Testing at the University of Oxford have reported advances towards a novel and rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test that can return results within as little as 30...

Oracle Health joins the RegenMed Hub 

Oracle Health is the latest addition to the RegeneratOR’s Innovation Accelerator, located in the Regenerative Medicine Hub (RegenMed Hub), a rapidly growing regenerative medicine ecosystem based in the Innovation Quarter of Winston-Salem.  Oracle H...

Personalis and Tempus enters a strategic collaboration to advance cancer testing with AI 

Personalis, a leader in advanced genomics for precision oncology and Tempus, a leader in Artificial Intelligence and precision medicine, have announced a strategic collaboration to co-commercialise NeXT Personal Dx, Personalis whole genome-based liquid...

How can we address the unmet needs within our mental health systems? 

Dr Nicky Main, the UK and Europe Adult Clinical Lead for a leading provider of AI-powered mental health support, Wysa, explores strategies to address the unmet demand for mental health services. As a British Psychological Society member, Dr Main believes...

Transforming oncology with MVision AI 

After their recent adoption from Cork University Hospital, we speak to Jarkko Niemelä, CEO and Co-founder of MVision AI, about the power and potential of their solutions in revolutionising oncology, cancer radiotherapy and decreasing medical backlogs.   Wh...

Andromeda Robotics unveils AI-powered companion robot for elderly care 

Australian-based robotics and AI startup Andromeda Robotics announced it is undertaking initial trials with aged care provider Allity (part of the Bolton Clarke Group).  The trials involve Andromeda’s prototype humanoid companion robot that has been d...

Mercy launches AI-driven texting programme to prevent chemo-related hospitalisations 

Chemotherapy is a lifesaving treatment for many cancer patients, but the side effects can lead to hospitalisations. Named The Chen Chemotherapy Model after lead data scientist Jiajing Chen, the new AI-driven texting platform is proving valuable at keeping...

M42 announces new clinical LLM to transform the future of AI in healthcare 

M42, a global tech-enabled healthcare network, has unveiled an advancement in healthcare technology with the launch of Med42, a new open-access Clinical Large Language Model (LLM). The 70 billion parameter, generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) model is...

Huma collaborates with Google Cloud to improve healthcare through generative AI 

Huma Therapeutics, a leading global digital health company, has announced it will use Google Cloud’s generative AI (GenAI) to enhance Huma’s regulated disease management platform. Huma is also exploring the use of Google’s GenAI tools, including Med-PaLM 2, a lar...