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AI-Discovered Lung Drug Shows Signs of Making Patients Biologically Younger

What if a drug designed to help damaged lungs could also make some of the body's biological signals look younger? That sounds like science fiction. But a new study published in Nature Biotechnology has given scientists a reason to take the idea seriously, although there is a very important catch. Researchers studying rentosertib, an experimental drug from AI-focused biotech company Insilico Medicine, found that patients who received the drug showed lower predicted biological ages

AI Wants to Cure Cancer. This Startup Says the Missing Piece Is Human Data

For years, the AI revolution in medicine has sounded almost too good to be true. Give AI enough biological data, the thinking goes, and perhaps it could help researchers discover drugs faster, predict which treatments will work, and eventually tackle diseases that have frustrated medicine for decades. Cancer is the obvious prize. But there is a problem: AI can only be as good as the biology it learns from.

AI Just Designed 16 Brand-New Viruses That Never Existed Before.

What if artificial intelligence could create a living organism that has never existed before? Just a few years ago, that sounded like the plot of a science fiction movie. Today, it is real. In a groundbreaking scientific achievement, researchers have successfully used artificial intelligence to design brand-new viruses from scratch.

Deeptech Is Quietly Becoming Africa’s Next Big Tech Bet – And AI Is the Reason Why

For the longest time, if you said “venture capital in Africa", one word would immediately follow: fintech. Payments. Lending. Digital banks. Mobile money. That’s where most of the money has gone, and honestly, for good reason.

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