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StockWatch: Lilly’s Up-to-$3.8B Deal for AtaiBeckley a Good Trip for Psychedelic Drugs, Analysts and Investors Agree
Eli Lilly agreed to acquire AtaiBeckley for up to $3.8 billion—of which Lilly will pay $2.8 billion upfront. The deal, set to close in the third quarter, expands Lilly’s neuroscience portfolio by adding AtaiBeckley's…
Opinion: Beware the unintended consequences of testosterone screening for military servicemembers
“I fear that the widespread rollout of testosterone screening may lead to some surprising and unintended consequences,” writes a urologist who studies testosterone.
Organ Aging Linked to Breakdown in Immune Cell Interaction and Senescent Neutrophil Clearance
A study in mice and in human cells found that blocking a single receptor on tissue-resident macrophages promoted clearance of accumulating senescent neutrophils, preserved the youthfulness of multiple organs in mice, and substantially slowed…
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Pie Day 2026
Ellie’s Pi Day post: https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/pi-day-2026-food-institute/ How Ellie orchestrated the baking of 30 pies: https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/behind-the-scenes-of-thirty-pies/
STAT+: FDA eyes expanding testosterone therapy for libido
New research questions GLP-1's purpose, a pancreatic cancer breakthrough, and more biotech news from The Readout
The deadly consequences of ICE detention
New research challenges what we know about GLP-1s, vaccine skepticism, and more health news from Morning Rounds
The Download: bad news for inner Neanderthals, and AI warfare’s human illusion
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The problem with thinking you’re part Neanderthal There’s a theory that many of us have an…
EEG-based stroke severity classification using higher-order topological features and graph convolutional networks
IntroductionElectroencephalography (EEG)-based stroke analysis has mainly relied on conventional signal and network descriptors, while higher-order brain network structures remain insufficiently characterized.MethodsWe used persistent homology to extract cycle-based topological features from EEG functional networks, capturing higher-order organization with reduced sensitivity to…
Synthetic microbial co-cultures for modular bioelectronic sensing in diverse environments
Nature Biotechnology, Published online: 17 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41587-026-03075-7Modular integration of bacterial strains expands the application range of whole-cell bioelectric sensors.
New gene-editing approaches for β-hemoglobinopathies
Nature Medicine, Published online: 17 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41591-026-00021-7Three phase 1/2 trials show that direct editing of HBG1 and HBG2 promoters is a promising disease‑agnostic strategy for treating β‑hemoglobinopathies such as sickle-cell disease and β-thalassemia.
A roadmap to competitive preclinical packages
Nature Medicine, Published online: 17 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04345-2Should researchers avoid translational research in animals in favor of human or AI models? We argue that this debate should focus not on comparing species but instead on how experimental systems can be…
How robots learn: A brief, contemporary history
Roboticists used to dream big but build small. They’d hope to match or exceed the extraordinary complexity of the human body, and then they’d spend their career refining robotic arms for auto plants. Aim for C-3P0; end up with the…
The case for fixing everything
The handsome new book Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One, by the tech industry legend Stewart Brand, promises to be the first in a series offering “a comprehensive overview of the civilizational importance of maintenance.” One of Brand’s several biographers described…
STAT+: Cell therapy primed liver transplant patients to avoid organ rejection, small study shows
A few transplant patients in a small study were able to stop using immunosuppressive drugs, thanks to pre-transplant cell therapy.
Opinion: Don’t believe headlines saying that vaccine skepticism is widespread
Despite some headlines, a new poll does not show that most Americans no longer trust vaccines.
Opinion: Health care is not ready for the new era of AI-enabled cyberattacks
“When health care infrastructure is attacked and held for ransom by hackers, patients become real casualties,” writes Andrea Downing.
Why having “humans in the loop” in an AI war is an illusion
The availability of artificial intelligence for use in warfare is at the center of a legal battle between Anthropic and the Pentagon. This debate has become urgent, with AI playing a bigger role than ever before in the current conflict…
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation to alleviate metformin-associated gastrointestinal adverse events and optimize glycaemic control: a randomized, sham-controlled pilot trial protocol
BackgroundGastrointestinal adverse events (GI AEs) are the main dose-limiting side effects of metformin in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), reducing adherence and compromising long-term glycaemic control. Current strategies (dose adjustment or combination therapy) seldom address both tolerability and sustained metabolic…
Cerebral blood flow and functional connectivity immediate changes following intradermal acupuncture in major depressive disorder
BackgroundAcupuncture has been increasingly applied as an adjunctive treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD), yet its central neurobiological mechanisms remain insufficiently understood. Cerebral blood flow (CBF) and functional connectivity strength (FCS) provide complementary perspectives on regional metabolic activity and large-scale…
Effect of low-intensity focused ultrasound on hippocampus of alcohol addicted mice: a preliminary study
Alcohol addiction is a chronic relapsing brain disorder characterized by significant neurobiological changes, particularly within the hippocampus, which mediates emotional regulation and reward-seeking behavior. Previous studies have shown that alcohol-induced neuronal injury contributes to withdrawal-associated anxiety and persistent alcohol preference.…