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Dylan Roberts Joins the Highland Advisory Board

The Highland advisory board has welcomed a new member - Dylan Roberts, a digital leader with almost 40 years’ experience of working in and across local government, health, and public services.

Dylan brings a wealth of experience to the board, which debates issues in digital health, advises the specialist health tech agency and its clients, and informs the Elevate series of showcase events, which take curated digital and med tech direct to trusts.

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New AI Models Still Reproduce Racial and Gender Stereotypes in Medicine

Flinders University researchers have evaluated two next-generation reasoning Large Language Models (LLMs) - o3-mini and DeepSeek-R1 - and found that when asked to describe fictional patients with common medical conditions, these models frequently reproduced racial and gender stereotypes, indicating that advancements in AI reasoning do not inherently improve representational fairness.

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AI Tool Detects Hard-to-Identify Heart Dysfunction from Standard ECGs

A new study led by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine has found that artificial intelligence (AI) can help clinicians identify signs of heart failure, including a type that is often missed in routine care. The AI model also performed well using data from a single ECG lead similar to the measurement captured by some wearable devices.

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Finding new osteoarthritis medicines via AI and genetics

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic, painful joint disease and a leading cause of disability. Despite its prevalence, therapies for osteoarthritis are limited and focus on symptom management. Now, researchers are combining genetic studies of Utah families with AI-based molecular biology tools to find new medications that may ultimately help treat OA at its source.

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AI Designs a Novel E. Coli Killer

In science, the suffix “phage” means to devour. Thus, the name bacteriophage might conjure images of tiny creatures that “eat” bacteria. While that conception isn’t 100 percent scientifically accurate, bacteriophages are lethal bacteria killers nonetheless, and scientists are excited about engineering phage DNA as a path to new antibiotics.

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First-in-Class Small Molecule Inhibitor Designed with AI Support Shows Promise Against Pancreatic Cancer in Preclinical Studies

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an experimental drug with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) to target the "undruggable" PDZ-domain of GIPC1 protein that helps different types of cancer, including pancreatic cancer, to grow and resist treatment. In laboratory studies, the drug slowed tumor growth, improved survival and enhanced the effects of the chemotherapy drug gemcitabine.

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AI Companions may Worsen Loneliness for Vulnerable Users

AI companions are becoming increasingly popular, with millions of users forming deep connections with persona-based chatbots and simulated AI partners. But if you’re considering leaning on an AI companion for emotional support, a study by researchers in the lab of Diyi Yang, an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford, suggests you might want to think twice: As reported in Nature Human Behavior, the researchers found that opening up to chatbots about personal issues made some people feel not better but worse.

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Digital Science Launches Papers AI

Researchers and students now have a new AI-native workspace, with the launch of Digital Science's Papers AI - where they'll never have to re-explain their work every time they turn to AI for assistance.

Built by the team behind Overleaf, Papers AI is designed specifically for research workflows. Researchers can write, organize their materials and analyze data, with context-aware AI assisting across a whole project, rather than working in one document at a time.

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1st German Health Resilience Conference Brings Together Decision-Makers to Build Resilient Healthcare Systems

16 - 19 November 2026, Düsseldorf, Germany.
With the 1st German Health Resilience Conference, MEDICA in Düsseldorf is expanding its programme to include a new format aimed at strengthening resilient healthcare systems. The conference will take place from 16 to 19 November as part of MEDICA 2026 and is being organised by Messe Düsseldorf in cooperation with the German Health Alliance (GHA). It addresses strategic and operational issues relating to societal resilience in the healthcare sector and, for the first time, brings together key stakeholders from healthcare provision, politics, industry, and disaster and civil protection for a structured, cross-sectoral exchange.

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Can AI Become a Trusted Assistant for Pathologists?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly powerful at reading pathology slides. But a new Perspective in Science Bulletin argues that accuracy alone is not enough. For AI to truly help pathologists, it must work safely and transparently in real clinical settings.

The research article discusses how computational pathology is moving from technical innovation toward clinical integration.

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