Japan just opened a fully automated medical lab — 10 robots, no human researchers, running experiments around the clock. If robots can handle scientific discovery, what's left that still needs a human in the room? #HumanoidRobot# #MedicalResearch#

A study published in the BMJ tested whether non-invasive brain stimulation could improve social communication in autistic children with intellectual disabilities — a group often excluded from clinical trials. Researchers from Cambridge, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Fudan University administered theta-burst stimulation, a technique that delivers rapid magnetic pulses through the skull to stimulate specific neurons, over just five days. Each session lasted only a few minutes. Compared to a sham control group, children who received real stimulation showed significant improvements in social communication and language ability — gains that were still measurable a month later. No serious side effects were reported. Around 30-35% of autistic children have an intellectual disability, yet they are consistently underserved by existing therapies. The researchers stress the technique is not a replacement for behavioral support, but a five-day course represents a fundamentally different proposition for families already stretched thin. #Autism# #Neuroscience# #BrainStimulation# #MedicalResearch# #ChildHealth#

If we focus medical research on stopping, slowing, and reversing aging, we'll solve all the medical problems, including cancer! The best estimates, if we cure ALL cancer types, is that we'd only increase life expectancy by just 3 years! We should aim for so much more!

CCTV: We have learned that a Chinese government medical expert team recently arrived in Uganda to support local outbreak response effort. Could you share more details with us? Mao Ning: China attaches high importance to responding to the latest Ebola outbreak in Africa. Two Chinese medical expert teams have been sent to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, gaining recognition from all sides. Recently, at the invitation of Uganda, another Chinese medical expert team arrived in Kampala. They have held exchanges with local health authorities, medical research institutions, as well as the Ebola Incident Management Support Team jointly set up by the World Health Organization and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, providing services and guidelines for local outbreak response effort. China stands ready to continue offering assistance within its capacity in light of the situation on the ground and the needs of African countries to help defeat the outbreak at an early date.

There's been steady progress using organs in a dish—organoids— for medical research. But now there's the immunoid to enhance our understanding of the complex immune system in people, and at the individual level. @CellStemCell .

Healthcare innovation starts with people. From medical research to patient care, see how we're working alongside health systems, research institutions and community programs to help turn ideas into real-world outcomes.

Yesterday, Pennsylvania researchers came to DC for the Rally for Medical Research and visited with me on NIH funding. The work happening in the Commonwealth's labs right now is what a cure looks like ten years before anyone calls it one. I'll keep pushing for the NIH funding that gets it there.

The last of more than 2,000 beagles from a Wisconsin facility that bred them for medical research have been rescued. CBS News’ @adamyamaguchi accompanied them on their journey to freedom.

SpaceX's supercomputing facilities among the world's most advanced AI training clusters: 2.5M+ sq ft, millions of GPUs, 2+ GW of compute. Powering medical research, emergency response, manufacturing, and national security. Since 2024, $90B+ invested in the Mid-South region.