Loved and loathed: The making of India’s viral liver doctor
Dr Cyriac Abby Philips has built a large online following, but often clashes with India’s traditional medicine specialists.
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Resident doctors take strike action over pay
The BMA said there will “undoubtedly be cancellation of operations, outpatient appointments and elective care” but “patient safety will still be prioritised”.
Pioneering gene therapy for rare immune disorder shows promise in early pre-clinical studies
The development of a pioneering gene therapy to treat a devastating, rare immune disorder led by UCL scientists is set to move into its next
Strategic framework enables sustainable digital pathology implementation in clinical practice
Digital pathology (DP) is transitioning from an adjunct technology to an enterprise diagnostic platform in the United States. Despite accelerating clinical adoption, many laboratories face
Gene fusion patterns refine classification of rare acute leukemias
Acute leukemias with chimeric fusion genes involving FET (FUS, EWSR1, and TAF15) family proteins and ETS (E26 transformation-specific)-like transcription factors often present with unique clinical
Catherine completes Three Peaks Challenge to ‘explore life beyond’ cancer diagnosis
The Princess of Wales did the endurance event to raise awareness about “holistic healthcare” for cancer patients.
French deaths soar as extreme heat breaks European records
The head of the WHO warns that Europe must do more to protect people.
‘I forgot what it’s like to be outside’: Intensive care ward opens on rooftop
The outdoor ward, at King’s College Hospital in London, will monitor how much it boosts the recovery of seriously ill patients.
New commentary urges patient-centered AI regulation in healthcare systems
New commentary published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine warns that current risk-based regulatory approaches to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare fall
Lighting the way towards a new treatment for blindness
Adelaide University researchers have carried out the first in-human trial of a new type of treatment for a leading cause of blindness in working age
AI designs personalized burgers balancing taste, nutrition and sustainability
Stanford researcher Ellen Kuhl estimates that there are some 1043 potential burger recipes in the world. And with BurgerAI, a new tool developed in her
Fear of growing up declines as adults gain experience
As young adults, many millennials feared growing up more than past generations. But they’ve come around to it as they age, finds research published by
Artificial intelligence improves prediction of cancer drug resistance
A comprehensive review recently published in Current Molecular Pharmacology (2026, Volume 19, Pages 85–96) examines the rapidly evolving landscape of computational tools for predicting tumour
New accessible multiplex imaging workflow advances spatial liver research
Spatial biology technologies are reshaping modern biomedical research by enabling the visualization of cellular organization and interactions within intact tissues.