Reuters

Variant Bio launches AI-powered platform for drug discovery using genetic data

Jan 6 (Reuters) - Variant Bio, a private biotech firm, said on Tuesday it has launched a platform that uses artificial intelligence on genetic data to discover new drug candidates to send into human ...
The New York Times

N.Y. Law Could Set Stage for A.I. Regulation’s Next ‘Big Battleground’

The new law seeks to prevent retailers from ripping off consumers by using artificial intelligence and their personal data to charge them higher prices. By Tim Balk As New Yorkers scrolled, surfed and ...
Nasdaq

Ceribell Wins FDA Clearance For Neonatal Use Of Clarity Algorithm

(RTTNews) - CeriBell, Inc. (CBLL) announces that the U.S. FDA has granted 510(k) clearance for its next-generation Clarity algorithm to detect electrographic seizures in preterm neonates through ...
Oregonian

Portland City Council bans rent-setting algorithms

The Portland City Council voted Wednesday to ban the use of algorithms to set residential rents. The ban passed 8-2, with two councilors absent. Councilors Dan Ryan and Olivia Clark voted no.
Medical Xpress

Scientists use stem cells to model rare genetic blindness in children

Researchers at the Eye Genetics Research Unit at Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) are the first in the world to use stem cells to study one of the genetic causes of Leber Congenital ...
Food & Wine

Can’t Stop Popping THC Edibles? Your Genes Might Explain It

Researchers studying DNA from 131,895 individuals frequently observed two genes — CADM2 and GRM3 — related to patterns of starting and continuing cannabis use. A 2025 study, published in Molecular ...
JD Supra

New York Prohibits Use of Pricing Algorithms for Rent-Setting

On October 16, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law S.7882, which amends New York’s antitrust law, the Donnelly Act, to prohibit the use of pricing algorithms by residential landlords to set ...
Journalism in the Americas

New Gene-Editing Tech Holds Promise for Treating Complex Genetic Diseases

Advanced biotechnology repurposes two bacterial immune systems to correct large stretches of DNA. Human cells that have been edited with the new retron-based gene editing technology. Orange dots mark ...
The Hill

Key Republican raises concerns about reported TikTok spinoff reliance on Chinese algorithm

Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, raised concerns Wednesday about the ongoing reliance of a potential TikTok spinoff on an algorithm ...
9to5Mac

American TikTok spinoff agreed; will still use Chinese algorithm

Both US and Chinese officials are stating that an agreement has been reached for an American TikTok spin-off to be sold to American investors. It’s not the first time the Trump administration has ...
Futurism

Scientists Create Ultimate Antiviral Using Rare “Superpower” Genetic Mutation

A rare genetic mutation that causes a deficiency in an immune regulator called ISG15 is known to make people more vulnerable to some bacterial infections and cause persistent inflammation — but it can ...