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STAT+: What’s an AI scaling law? We’ve found biology’s, says Profluent

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The headline takeaway from the company’s blog post and preprint is that Profluent says it’s discovered AI scaling laws for biology.  Frizzle would say , “Seatbelts, everyone!” ” Last week, AI protein design startup Profluent released a new, more powerful model called ProGen3.

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Live blog: Tracking the meeting of the FDA advisory panel on Covid vaccines

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Fasten your seat belts, folks. We’re about to hit some turbulence. If you’re reading this, you’re interested in the discussion on the future of Covid-19 vaccination that’s going to take place today in a meeting of the Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee.

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STAT+: DeepMind launches AlphaGenome, aiming to predict gene regulation from DNA sequence

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In a preprint and blog post published on Wednesday, it announced its latest stab at the challenge with a new model called AlphaGenome, an early step toward possible applications in therapeutic development.   But DeepMind has lately been working on a much gnarlier precursor problem: predicting how DNA encodes gene regulation.

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Opinion: Why the aspartame in Diet Coke and Coke Zero probably isn’t worth worrying about

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This essay was originally published on Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz’s Medium blog. A spartame is an artificial sweetener that is used in a lot of products, including Diet Coke and Coke Zero. Like most artificial sweeteners, we have a wonderful love/hate relationship with it.

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Guest Blog: From Eye Patches to Indie Films: How Pop Culture Can Spark Conversations About Children’s Vision Health

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Guest Blog: From Eye Patches to Indie Films: How Pop Culture Can Spark Conversations About Children’s Vision Health June 5, 2025 By: Jeff Todd, President & CEO, Prevent Blindness We know that pop culture can shape public conversations. Memes and headlines spark cultural touchpoints and can make complex health topics more relatable.

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STAT+: Student group that ranked med schools over industry conflicts votes to accept pharma funding

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There are restrictions, though. Funding must align with AMSA goals or provide “unique educational value without direction or conditions.”

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STAT+: Cigna, Humana in talks to merge into health insurance giant, per report

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Wendell Potter, a health insurance whistleblower who used to work at Cigna, also wrote about merger discussions between Cigna and Humana on his blog Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal first reported the talks between Cigna and Humana on Wednesday, citing sources close to the situation. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…