Emerging Technologies

Laboratory scientists reviewing a computer-aided analysis
By  Adam Ang 12:16 am February 20, 2025
Engineers from the University of Hong Kong have developed a generative AI-based imaging method that supports cancer diagnosis.  HOW IT WORKS CytoMAD (Cyto-Morphology Adversarial Distillation) combines AI and microfluidic technology to do label-free imaging of tumours at the individual cell level. It can capture cell images "at great speed, enhance these images, and automatically correct...
Food and Drug Administration building
By  Jessica Hagen 11:22 am February 19, 2025
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) staffers reviewing Elon Musk's Neuralink were among those fired as part of widespread layoffs within the Agency. Musk is in charge of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is directing workforce cuts throughout numerous government agencies. According to a Reuters report, the cuts affected 20 individuals within the FDA's Office of Neurological...
Person wearing a virtual reality headset
By  Jessica Hagen 11:56 am February 18, 2025
Boston-based therapeutic extended reality platform XRHealth has acquired virtual reality digital therapeutics company RealizedCare, which combines digital therapeutics with wraparound virtual services to supply value-based chronic care management.  XRHealth offers medical extended reality (XR) experiences focused on the physical and cognitive space, including immersive environments designed to...
A photo of a person's eye
By  Adam Ang 06:55 pm February 11, 2025
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Victoria, Australia led one of the largest eye studies in the world that used AI to analyse eye images of over 50,000 people to better understand the retina's connection with various diseases. The international study, funded by California-based Lowy Medical Research Institute, tapped into a dataset of optical coherence tomography (OCT) images...
Person reviewing data on a PC
By  Anthony Vecchione 12:39 pm February 11, 2025
A consortium of investors led by Elon Musk has offered $97.4 billion to purchase the nonprofit company OpenAI.  Musk, who wants to take control of the ChatGPT maker, has been at odds with OpenAI CEO and cofounder Sam Altman, who rejected Musk's offer.  Musk and Altman cofounded OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit; however, the company is looking to become a for-profit entity, according to Reuters.  ...
Representatives of NTU Singapore spin-off Gray Matter Solutions and Osler Group showing the application-based early dementia detection tool
By  Adam Ang 03:00 am February 11, 2025
A new AI-based tool that gamifies the screening of mild cognitive impairment has been incorporated into a comprehensive health screening service in Singapore. ReCOGnAIze is a neuroscientific game application developed at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) of Nanyang Technology University, Singapore. WHAT IT'S ABOUT Powered by a proprietary algorithm, ReCOGnAIze comprises four...
U.S. Capitol building
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:34 pm February 7, 2025
U.S. congressmen announced they will introduce a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives proposing a ban on the use of DeepSeek's chatbot application by federal employees on government devices. According to the release, the bill, dubbed "No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act" and introduced by U.S. Representatives Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., 5th District, and Darin LaHood, R-Ill., 16th...
Vik Bajaj, managing director at Foresite Capital and CEO of Foresite Labs
By  Jessica Hagen 09:20 am February 7, 2025
Vik Bajaj, managing director at venture capitalist firm Foresite Capital and CEO of Foresite Labs, which focuses on transforming healthcare through data-driven solutions, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss President Trump's recently announced $500 billion Project Stargate and AI’s role in early cancer detection and vaccine development. MobiHealthNews: You worked in the sector of early cancer...
AI robot digital image
By  Jessica Hagen 05:48 pm February 6, 2025
The European Union has released Guidelines to provide legal clarity on the prohibited uses of AI within the EU AI Act to ensure effective, consistent and uniform application and protect European citizens' rights and safety. The EU AI Act, which outlines regulations for the development, market placement, implementation and use of artificial intelligence in the European Union, came into effect in...
SpaceX building
By  Jessica Hagen 02:02 pm January 30, 2025
Elon Musk's SpaceX has announced a call for proposals from companies to study how the human body adapts to space, with a focus on enhancing health and wellbeing during long-duration missions. "SpaceX is looking for exceptional science and research ideas that will enable life in space and on other planets. Research proposals submitted to SpaceX will be reviewed and evaluated based on mission...