People wearing an Apple Watch, Galaxy Watch or Fitbit often ask how much to trust it. The short answer: the ECG and some alerts — irregular rhythm, sleep apnea and hypertension — passed regulators as medical software; blood oxygen, calories and steps are wellness data. None replaces a diagnosis, and any warning or symptom belongs … Read more
Radical Numerics, which left stealth in June 2026 with a $50 million seed round, says it treated a patient’s multidrug-resistant bacterial infection with a bacteriophage cocktail — viruses that infect bacteria, not human cells — whose variants its AI model generated. The company posted a technical report on 20 October; The New York Times reported … Read more
Intero Biosystems, a Denver startup spun out of the University of Michigan, has won the Startup Battlefield competition at Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco, taking home the $100,000 prize and the cup. It beat 19 rivals in a 20-strong finalist field drawn from the Battlefield 200, pitching a technology that could reshape how pharmaceutical companies … Read more