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RD: AI reads cancer slides, blood test spots early aging, gentler Alzheimer’s dosing, rare-disease turnaround, and a robot surgeon’s first solo move
Lung-cancer slides decoded by AI, simple blood tests that predict long life, a kid walking after a rare brain illness, the FDA’s friendlier Kisunla plan, and the first autonomous step in gallbladder surgery—catch today’s good-health wins in two minutes.
Christin Chong, PhD
July 09, 2025
Reframe Daily is where Christin Chong (neuroscience PhD, chaplain, healthtech strategy consultant) curates optimistic and credible healthtech news so you don’t have to.
Today in one sentence: smart computers and blood tests are helping doctors spot diseases sooner, a vitamin-like treatment let a sick child walk again, the FDA made an Alzheimer’s drug gentler, and a robot surgeon safely handled a tough step all by itself. Check here for all past issues.
Christin’s note: back from a bunch of hiking/walking in the wilderness and inspired to share this Buddhist sutta (scripture) about walking meditation:
Mendicants, there are these five benefits of walking up & down. What five?
One is fit for long journeys; one is fit for striving; one has little disease; that which is eaten, drunk, chewed, tasted, goes through proper digestion; the composure attained by walking up & down is long-lasting.
These, mendicants, are the five benefits of walking up & down.
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Good News: Doctors tested a computer-vision tool that spots key lung-cancer mutations on ordinary microscope slides, so patients could skip extra tissue tests and start targeted treatment sooner.
Real-world deployment of a fine-tuned pathology foundation model for lung-cancer biomarker detection
Market readiness: 😊😊😊 (already proven in a 4-month hospital pilot, but still needs formal FDA clearance and wider roll-out).
Good News: A giant blood-protein study found that having a “younger” brain and immune system in your blood predicts a longer, healthier life, pointing to simple tests that could warn us early about serious diseases.
Market readiness: 😊😊 (big human data, but the age-scoring test is still research-only and not sold to doctors yet).
Good News: Scientists showed that two small molecules can restore a vital brain antioxidant in mice—and one child with a deadly genetic disease is already walking again after taking the treatment.
Market readiness: 😊😊 (dramatic single-patient success after animal tests, but larger clinical trials are just beginning).
Good News: The FDA okayed a gentler “start-low, go-slow” schedule for Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug Kisunla that cuts the risk of dangerous brain swelling without hurting the drug’s benefits.
Market readiness: 😊😊😊😊😊 (medicine is already on U.S. pharmacy shelves; the new label change takes effect right away).
Good News: An AI-guided robot just performed the trickiest part of gallbladder surgery on pig organs all by itself, hinting at future operations that are safer and available where surgeons are scarce.
Market readiness: 😊 (early lab demo on animal tissue—many human trials and approvals still ahead).
That’s all folks, thank you for reframing the way you think.