[New] Under new Medicare arrangements, patients with thyroid cancer will be able to undergo genetic testing to identify mutations in the RET gene, to confirm eligibility for treatment with Retevmo.
Mirage News
[New] With preventative gene-targeting treatments now becoming available, there is a particularly urgent need for reliable biofluid-based signatures that indicate near-term onset in individuals that carry ALS risk genes.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
[New] If genetic background influences both cancer risk and the evolutionary trajectory of tumours, future cancer prevention and screening strategies will need to take into account inherited genetics and population diversity.
ScienceDaily
[New] Combining immune modulation with advances in stem cell technology and organ generation, researchers hope to develop reliable methods for producing transplantable human organs, helping address the global shortage of donor organs and advancing regenerative medicine.
News-Medical
[New] While two genomes might not sound like a lot, it's a significant step in the total number of historical variola virus genomes available.
Scientific American
[New] General non-invasive BCI such as EEG devices and sleep monitoring systems are classified as Class II devices given their lower risk profiles.
PubMed Central (PMC)
[New] South Africa plans to add 5,200 megawatts of nuclear power generation by around 2040.
Last Week in ConTech
[New] Researchers from Italy's Cagliari University are the latest to investigate why people living in Sardinia's Blue Zone might have an edge over the general population when it comes to living healthier for longer.
Refractor
[New] For years, demographic futurists have predicted an unprecedented generational wealth transfer - estimated at upwards of $18 trillion - as ageing Baby Boomers pass their assets to heirs and charitable causes.
Foundation Source
[New] American society is multicultural and includes a large number of first-generation immigrants who routinely use or might have already explored CAM.
PubMed Central (PMC)
[New] Broadening access to generics will require stronger engagement from the private sector, philanthropic actors and global research networks to drive product development, equitable distribution and real-time monitoring.
PubMed Central (PMC)
[New] Indian conglomerate Adani will pay no company tax despite generating almost $1bn in revenue from coal mining in Queensland over the past year.
The Guardian
[New] UK Captives would generally pose lower risks than other insurers and therefore proposes a correspondingly proportionate assessment approach, including more focused evidential requirements and, where appropriate, reliance on attestations.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
[New] Sun Cable is not unlike the Xlinks project that will deliver solar energy generated in Morocco all the way to England.
Global Solar Council
[New] Biologists from Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf and the universities in Cologne and Frankfurt / Main found that they could change bee behaviour by manipulating a particular gene and selectively reducing activity in certain neural circuits.
ScienceDaily
[New] Beyond GM has joined 42 animal welfare, environmental, farming and food organizations in warning the European Commission against weakening safeguards for gene-edited animals as industry groups seek to extend the EU's new approach to gene-edited plants into livestock and aquaculture.
Beyond GM
[New] The HIV research pipeline faces growing threats from sharp reductions in training and career development programmes (e.g. NIH T and F awards, D43 grants and diversity supplements) - programmes that have historically supported the next generation of HIV researchers and global health leaders.
PubMed Central (PMC)
[New] The combination of technology generation transition demand with regulatory digital switchover mandates across emerging markets creates a highly predictable, policy-driven equipment upgrade demand wave that equipment manufacturers can plan capacity and R&D investments around through 2033.
Persistence Market Research
[New] Policymakers and public leaders who embed foresight into government planning and decision-making will be better equipped to accelerate SDG progress, navigate global uncertainty, and build institutions capable of delivering on the promise of sustainable development for present and future generations.
UN DESA Publications
[New] The UN 2.0 Quintet of Change identifies foresight as one of the five capabilities to navigate rising uncertainty, seize emerging opportunities and enhance support for the SDGs and future generations.
UN DESA Publications
[New] Researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU's Center for Data Science developed a multimodal artificial intelligence test that may predict breast cancer recurrence faster and more affordably than current genomic assays.
NYU Langone News
[New] Spravato demonstrated that a dissociative-acting molecule administered under clinical supervision could clear FDA approval, generate durable reimbursement, and scale into a real commercial franchise rather than a boutique therapy.
Forbes
Last updated: 09 August 2026
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