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Biomedical Engineering · asia

One Signal Reads Blood Pressure and Recognizes Gestures: The X-Sig Skin Patch Layers “Electricity” and “Force” Together

The research team combined electrocardiographic, electromyographic, and skin-surface mechanical changes into a composite waveform, aiming to reduce wearable-device circuitry and energy consumption. Blood pressure and gesture experiments have produced promising results, but the evidence still comes from small tests involving healthy volunteers.

New Drugs and Regulation · us

From Proteinuria to Kidney Function: Fabhalta Receives Full FDA Approval for IgA Nephropathy

A two-year Phase 3 trial showed that the oral complement factor B inhibitor iptacopan can slow kidney function decline in high-risk adults, converting the accelerated approval originally based on a surrogate endpoint into full approval; however, the risks of serious infections, vaccination requirements, and REMS management remain treatment barriers.

Biomedical AI · us

Does Clinical AI Lose to General-Purpose Models? Two Evaluations Reach Opposite Conclusions, Bringing Trust in Medical Chatbots to the Fore

One independent comparison found that clinical AI built specifically for physicians does not necessarily outperform frontier general-purpose models; another physician evaluation placed OpenEvidence far ahead. The divergence concerns more than rankings, exposing how data sources, scoring methods, and conflicts of interest shape the definition of “reliable.”