Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence, or AI, is an umbrella term for machine learning and deep learning. It is where a machine takes in information from its surroundings and, from that, makes the most optimal decision appropriate to the situation.

AI in Food: How Artificial Intelligence is Designing Healthier and More Sustainable Foods

Artificial intelligence is transforming food innovation by accelerating ingredient discovery, optimizing formulations, and enabling personalized nutrition strategies to improve public health outcomes. AI-driven tools also support food safety assessment, sustainable food systems, and precision nutrition while raising important governance, equity, and validation challenges.

AI Psychosis: How Artificial Intelligence May Trigger Delusions and Paranoia

Is Data at the Center of Healthcare for the Future?

Artificial Intelligence in Histopathology

Ethical Considerations in AI-Driven Healthcare

Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning in Medicine

Can Artificial Intelligence be used to Diagnose Brain Aneurysms?

The Medical Industries That Are Most Likely to Be Impacted by Ai

What does ChatGPT mean for Healthcare?

Managing the Explosion of Healthcare Data to Harness its Power

How Artificial Intelligence Is Revolutionizing Emergency Medicine

Artificial Intelligence and Life Science

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The Role of AI in Pathogen Detection and Epidemic Prediction

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Deep-Learning in Radiology

The Pros and Cons of Healthcare Chatbots

Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology

AI-Powered Genomic Analysis: Revolutionizing the Detection of Genetic Mutations

Recent Developments in Health Technology

Uncovering the Mystery of the Human Brain with Computational Neuroscience

Beyond Virtual Consultations: The Rise of AI-Driven Virtual Healthcare Assistants

Artificial Intelligence in CBT

Latest Artificial Intelligence News and Research

Microplastics lab studies may fail to reflect real-world exposure

Microplastics pose health risks, but lab studies often fail to reflect real-world exposure, highlighting critical gaps in toxicological research methodologies.

14 Apr 2026

Study warns of rising teen dependency on AI companions

It's estimated that more than half of all of U.S. teens are regularly using companion chatbots powered by large language models and generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

13 Apr 2026

New method boosts AI-driven protein engineering with massive data

Protein engineering is a field primed for artificial intelligence research. Each protein is made up of amino acids; to optimize a protein function, researchers modify proteins by switching out one of 20 different amino acids for another.

13 Apr 2026

Generative AI falls short in diagnostic reasoning despite accuracy

Despite increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care, a new study led by Mass General Brigham researchers from the MESH Incubator shows that generative AI models continue to fall short at their clinical reasoning capabilities.

13 Apr 2026

Hepatologists effectively deliver palliative care to patients with liver disease

Advanced liver disease (ALD) occurs when significant scarring causes the liver to lose function. Patients with ALD often have serious health challenges but have limited access to palliative care that could improve their quality of life.

13 Apr 2026

Study identifies intersectional biases affecting care for sickle cell patients

In season 1, episode 2 of the popular show The Pitt, a Black woman with sickle cell disease arrives at the emergency department in acute pain, only to be initially dismissed as drug-seeking.

13 Apr 2026

Weill Cornell Medicine lays out a vision to prepare cancer scientists for the AI revolution

A team of Weill Cornell Medicine investigators is working to cross-train the next generation of cancer researchers in cancer biology and the use of artificial intelligence tools for research.

13 Apr 2026

Novel antibiotic compound shows promise against MRSA skin infections

The development of new antibiotics to treat superbugs and other bacterial infections is a global priority, with the rate of infections that cannot be treated with current antibiotics rising and presenting one of the biggest threats to human health.

11 Apr 2026

Insilico Medicine launches Pharma AI Spring Kickoff 2026 webinar

As the AI era becomes increasingly shaped by foundation models, the pharmaceutical industry is entering a new phase of opportunity for discovery, design, and decision-making driven by AI for science.

10 Apr 2026

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

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

Revvity unveils its Signals BioDesign offering to advance biologic research workflows

Revvity, Inc. announced that its Revvity Signals Software business is launching Signals BioDesign™, a cloud-native molecular cloning solution that streamlines biologics research workflows.

From Revvity Signals Software Inc. 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

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

IBS diagnosis gaps persist across racial and gender groups in the U.S.

A national survey study led by UCLA Health and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center found significant disparities in how irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, is diagnosed across sex and racial groups in the U.S., with men and Black patients considerably less likely than women and white patients to receive a formal diagnosis.

9 Apr 2026

AI-powered chemistry accelerates discovery of selective cancer inhibitors

Recently, the Insilico team's research entitled "An Internal Sulfur-Lone Pair Interaction Enabled the Discovery of Potential and Sub-Family Selective PKMYT1 Inhibitors" was invited for publication as a cover Feature in ChemMedChem.

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

Insilico Medicine nominates AI-driven drug candidate for cancer, Cushing's syndrome and obesity

The NR3C1 (nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member 1) gene encodes the glucocorticoid receptor (GR), a nuclear receptor vital for maintaining physiological homeostasis, and inhibition of NR3C1 could increase the sensitivity of cancer cells to standard chemotherapy, particularly in ovarian cancer.

8 Apr 2026

Study identifies a common brain activity pattern across psychedelics

Scientists have demonstrated, for the first time, that several psychedelic drugs – including psilocybin, LSD, mescaline, DMT and ayahuasca – produce a common pattern of brain activity despite their distinct chemistries.

8 Apr 2026

ChatGPT delivers clearer PCOS answers than standard resources

ChatGPT outperforms traditional resources in clarity for PCOS information, highlighting its role as a supportive tool in evidence-based healthcare education.

8 Apr 2026