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Latest Medical Discoveries

Genomics, drug discovery, immunology, clinical results, and the biology of disease. Every Biomedicine & Health result in the index, each scored against work of its own kind and ranked by Frontier Score.

Every Biomedicine & Health breakthrough

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Biomedicine & Health· Notable
MemBrain v2: an end-to-end tool for the analysis of membranes in cryo-electron tomography
E 88I 90N 72
78
02
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Cohesin prevents local mixing of condensed euchromatic domains in living human cells
E 91I 54N 82
74
03
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
A Virtual Cell Model That Predicts How Cells React to Being Perturbed
E 94I 70N 69
72
04
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
A transcription factor regulates development of a bacteria-housing eukaryotic cell through DNA damage mitigation
E 92I 39N 78
71
05
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Phosphoproteomic dysregulation promotes tumor proliferation in Cushing’s disease
E 89I 50N 68
69
06
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
The Mader model of muscle energy metabolism simulates key metabolic exercise phenomena
E 89I 55N 67
69
07
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Structural diversification of phage tail fibers enables recognition of diverse type IV pili
E 89I 49N 70
69
08
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Molecular-level observation of the self-assembly of a virus-like particle
E 94I 43N 73
69
09
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Developmental xenocortication using human-derived organoids in mice
E 92I 46N 70
68
10
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
TM184C is a GPCR-like regulator of intercellular exchange and autophagy
E 96I 43N 71
68
11
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Phylogeny-agnostic strain-level prediction of phage–host interactions from genomes using machine learning
E 86I 50N 65
67
12
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Lsp2 links early-life diet to adult translation and lifespan in Drosophila
E 92I 43N 69
67
13
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Systematic mapping of bacteriophage gene essentiality with HIDEN-SEQ
E 86I 42N 70
66
14
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography
E 94I 43N 66
66
15
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Formin-1 maintains cochlear microtubule architecture required for hearing in humans and mice
E 96I 36N 69
66
16
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Cancer treatment alters mutant selection in normal esophagus
E 89I 38N 71
66
17
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Phenomic profiles and disease patterns of 1.9 million participants from Our Future Health
E 91I 41N 69
66
18
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
A complete diploid human genome benchmark for personalized genomics
E 96I 66N 62
66
19
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Ecdysteroid signaling acts as a central switch underlying wing polyphenism in two hemipteran insects
E 92I 36N 68
65
20
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Multicellular rosette formation guides epithelial tissue assembly in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cell organoids
E 94I 36N 68
65
21
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Deconstruction of lysergic acid diethylamide
E 97I 38N 66
65
22
Biomedicine & Health· Major
A Single Base-Editing Infusion Cuts LDL Cholesterol Up to 62%
E 97I 64N 73
65
23
Biomedicine & Health· Major
Large-scale discovery, analysis and design of protein energy landscapes
E 96I 60N 65
60
24
Biomedicine & Health· Major
Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia
E 96I 64N 65
59
25
Biomedicine & Health· Major
Evo 2: a genome foundation model across all of life
E 97I 86N 56
57
26
Biomedicine & Health· Major
Base-Edited Stem Cells Switch On Fetal Hemoglobin to Treat Sickle Cell
E 85I 65N 63
55
27
Biomedicine & Health· Major
Individualized mRNA vaccines evoke durable T cell immunity in adjuvant TNBC
E 96I 68N 60
54
28
Biomedicine & Health· Major
AlphaGenome Reads a Megabase of DNA at Single-Base Resolution
E 96I 90N 49
53
29
Biomedicine & Health· Major
Bimagrumab plus semaglutide alone or in combination for the treatment of obesity: a randomized phase 2 trial
E 94I 78N 50
52
30
Biomedicine & Health· Major
Mapping the genetic landscape across 14 psychiatric disorders
E 96I 77N 56
51
31
Biomedicine & Health· Major
RFdiffusion2 Designs Enzymes Directly From Catalytic Geometry
E 91I 75N 61
51
32
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Nanoparticles hijack calvarial immune cells for CNS drug delivery and stroke therapy
E 92I 67N 52
49
33
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Designing Zinc Enzymes from Scratch That Rival Nature's Catalytic Speed
E 94I 67N 55
48
34
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization
E 94I 73N 57
48
35
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
BindCraft Designs Working Protein Binders on the First Try
E 96I 87N 53
48
36
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Mapping somatosensory afferent circuitry to bone identifies neurotrophic signals required for fracture healing
E 81I 69N 54
47
37
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
An Immune Map of a Pig Kidney in a Living Person
E 93I 66N 49
47
38
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
A skin-permeable polymer for non-invasive transdermal insulin delivery
E 94I 67N 50
46
39
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
One CRISPR Dose Cuts a Cardiovascular Risk Gene by Nearly 90%
E 83I 76N 47
44
40
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
An Oral GLP-1 Pill Delivers Injectable-Level Weight Loss
E 83I 88N 46
44
41
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
An AI-designed gene editor that works in human cells
E 94I 78N 50
44
42
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Custom-Designed Proteins That Read Specific DNA Sequences
E 93I 62N 53
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43
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Nearly Complete Genomes From 65 People Resolve the Genome's Hardest Regions
E 91I 76N 51
43
44
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
CAR-T Cells Made Inside the Body
E 85I 88N 48
42
45
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
A CRISPR Therapy Built for One Baby
E 97I 81N 45
42
46
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
A Personalized mRNA Vaccine Builds Years-Long Immunity Against Pancreatic Cancer
E 99I 88N 48
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47
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Enzymes Designed From Scratch for Multistep Chemistry
E 96I 79N 54
42
48
Biomedicine & Health· Notable
Manufactured Islet Cells Reverse Type 1 Diabetes in a First Trial
E 83I 79N 50
41
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