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New embodied AI system teaches users complex movements via muscles

A new system from Yun Ho, Romain Nith, and Pedro Lopes combines AI and electrical muscle stimulation to physically guide users through unfamiliar tasks—marking a leap toward general-purpose, context-aware embodied assistance.

10 Apr 2026

Researchers discover how motor proteins selectively transport neuronal cargo

Intracellular transport is a vital process that allows cells to move proteins and other molecules to specific locations.

10 Apr 2026

New technique finds bacteria to increase the vitamin B2 content of soya drinks

Researchers at DTU have developed a new method that can reduce the time needed to find new bacteria for fermentation.

10 Apr 2026

Dynamic AI models detect body tipping points to forecast disease before symptoms

The editorial, "Dynamics-driven medical big data mining: dynamic approaches to early disease forecasting and individualized care," published in Intelligent Medicine (February 2026, Volume 6, Issue 1), was written by Lu Wang (Tianjin Medical University), Han Lyu (Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University), and Bin Sheng (Shanghai Jiao Tong University).

10 Apr 2026

Watch: As AI makes more health coverage decisions, the risks to patients grow

This year, executives from nearly every major health insurance company made the same declaration in calls with Wall Street analysts: Using artificial intelligence to make coverage decisions would help save them money.

10 Apr 2026

DARC-NESS model offers insights into persistent nightmares in children

Recently published research from the University of Oklahoma and the University of Tulsa proposes a new model to explain why nightmares can persist over time in children and how therapy can be designed to break that cycle.

9 Apr 2026

Experts call for expanded Medicaid coverage to improve children’s health

As states reassess Medicaid coverage following recent federal policy changes and the end of pandemic-era protections, researchers are advocating for evidence-based health care policy reform and expanded Medicaid coverage for children.

9 Apr 2026

FTC drug divestiture policy may reduce competition, study finds

Last month, Novartis completed its $11 billion acquisition of Avidity Biosciences-the latest in a string of major pharmaceutical mergers including Merck's acquisition of Verona Pharma and GSK's acquisition of RAPT Therapeutics.

9 Apr 2026

Study maps DNA methylation changes driving MDS stem cell dysfunction

Published on April 01, 2026, in Volume 2, article number 19 of the journal Immunity & Inflammation, a collaborative team led by Prof. Cao at the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, along with Dr. Liangding Hu at the Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, and Professors Qian Zhang and Yanmei Han at the National Key Laboratory of Immunity and Inflammation, Naval Medical University, has generated the first base-resolution DNA methylome of human MDS HSCs.

9 Apr 2026

New hippocampus model advances understanding of Alzheimer’s progression

With a new model of the brain region essential to memory formation, from cells to whole-brain networks, the team hopes to identify critical changes in the progression of Alzheimer's disease that could point the way to earlier, more effective treatments.

9 Apr 2026

CAR T therapy induces remission in multiple autoimmune diseases

For the first time, scientists have used a cutting-edge cell therapy called CAR-T to treat a patient with three different life-threatening autoimmune diseases that had resisted years of treatment.

9 Apr 2026

Wireless ureteral stent sleeve enables early detection of hydronephrosis

Ureteral stents are widely used to relieve obstruction and protect kidney function, but they can also become blocked, triggering hydronephrosis and prolonged elevation of intrarenal pressure that may impair renal function.

9 Apr 2026

Dynamic binding of linker histone H1 shapes flexible chromatin organization

DNA inside the nucleus is not packed as a rigid regular fiber-linker histone H1 dynamically binds and loosely "glues" nucleosomes together, creating a dynamic, fluid organization that can still support essential genome functions.

9 Apr 2026

Mount Sinai ophthalmologist unveils breakthrough ocular fluid monitoring tool

A Mount Sinai ophthalmologist will unveil a novel surgical technology that allows eye surgeons to measure and respond to critical fluid dynamics inside the eye in real time—an advance that may significantly improve precision and outcomes in glaucoma and other ophthalmic procedures.

9 Apr 2026

UVA scientists develop AI tools to accelerate new drug discovery

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have developed a bold new approach to drug development and discovery that could dramatically accelerate the creation of new medicines.

9 Apr 2026

Virica Biotech and FUJIFILM Biosciences collaborate under the Canada-Japan Co-Innovation Program to advance AAV production enhancers

Virica Biotech ("Virica"), a cell enhancer company specializing in Viral Sensitizers (VSE™) for viral vector manufacturing, today announced it is receiving advisory services and funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP), under the Canada-Japan Corporate Co-Innovation Program for a collaboration with FUJIFILM Biosciences.

From Virica Biotech 9 Apr 2026

Preconditioned skin cells enable faster and more effective wound healing

It is well known that students who prepare in advance perform better on exams. Now, it appears that the skin can do the same.

8 Apr 2026

Psychology students gain interaction skills by watching therapists work

Psychology students who will work with patients during supervised professional training can benefit from observing experienced therapists at work.

8 Apr 2026

New steerable optical fiber reaches previously inaccessible larynx tumors

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers have developed a flexible optical fiber that can be threaded through a medical endoscope and steered into the larynx to destroy hard-to-reach tumors on the vocal folds, an advance that could expand outpatient laser treatment options for patients whose only other choice might be surgery under general anesthesia.

8 Apr 2026

New MRI method tracks transplanted heart stem cells for months

Researchers at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto have demonstrated a new way to monitor transplanted stem-cell-derived heart cells using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

8 Apr 2026