MIT Healthcare Innovation

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

.@AmericanCancer BrightEdge Entrepreneurs 2026 Showcase & Networking Reception, Cambridge: a fireside with Mark Goldsmith of @RevMedicines and Farnaz Bakhshi, remarks from CEO Shane Jacobson, and a room full of founders and mentors. #BrightEdge #cancer

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

Some of the most important signals are hidden in plain sight. They have to be probed, discovered, and understood.

Joseph Cohen's To Be Here opens tonight at Friedrichs Pontone in Tribeca, 6 to 8 PM, 273 Church St. On view through Nov 14. #ArtAndScience

https://t.co/7eRSdA6gvt

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

#Cancer therapies have gotten dramatically better

Feedback loop on whether the one you're on is working hasn't

3-6 mos is still the wait & for too many patients that gap costs time they don't have

@PittHexAI @PittTweet @MIT_Healthcare @NineDiagnostics

https://t.co/bAfjSd7UQE

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

Proud to announce that @NineDiagnostics has been selected for Spring 2026 @SCbio × @MassBio Drive — #biomarkers & #diagnostics track 🎉

One of 11 selected companies. We're focused on building AI-enabled tools to redefine earlier cancer detection and treatment decisions. 🧵

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

Earlier this week, we pitched @NineDiagnostics at 2026 @BioToolsInnovator Road Tour in #Boston — 1 of 30+ teams selected from 540+ #lifescience tools & #diagnostics #startups.

Thx to organizers & judges for great insights & questions!

Great to meet fellow founders & leaders!

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

Excited to share that @NineDiagnostics was selected as 1 of 30 teams (from 450+ tools & diagnostics companies) to pitch at the 2026 @BioToolsInnovator Road Tour in #Boston — building fingerprint tests so teams can see sooner what’s working and what isn’t.

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

Congrats to @Dan_A_Heller, @MijinKim_Lab, and Lish Ndhlovu. The new @ARPA_H LIGHT program shows where #diagnostics is going as we learn to read the body’s “hidden highway” — the lymphatic system — with our AI‑enabled nanosensor tech!
https://t.co/NhtNgKcGYL @NineDiagnostics

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

Most tests still check one tiny piece of biology: is this one number up or down?

New @Nature #Nanotechnology paper shows how perception‑based #Diagnostics can turn a blood draw into a wide‑angle view of a patient's cancer in a full comprehensive picture!

https://t.co/YvYsLfd0q3

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

.@AbbottNews is acquiring @ExactSciences for ~$21B — a major move in early #cancer detection and screening. A ~50% premium signals strong conviction in the future of #diagnostics as stool-, blood-, and #LiquidBiopsy workflows continue to converge.

https://t.co/18tOgM1xDZ

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

This past week we pitched @NineDiagnostics at the @AmericanCancer #BrightEdge Entrepreneurs Program — an inspiring reminder that real #innovation & #entrepreneurship in #healthcare happen when founders, mentors & investors align around a shared mission.

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

Last month’s trip to Minneapolis for the @MedicalAlley #Innovation Showcase was a great reminder that #innovation doesn’t just live on the coasts. Grateful to represent @NineDiagnostics and to reconnect with leaders driving health forward. #startups #healthtech #precisionmedicine

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

The 2025 @NobelPrize in Economic Sciences honors Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion & Peter Howitt for showing how #innovation drives sustained #economicgrowth — and how openness to new ideas turns discoveries into self-reinforcing progress.

https://t.co/9eRMLwwATd

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

Compact would tie funding to limits on international students, tuition caps & curbs on DEI.

@MIT’s response: No.

Because academic freedom isn’t a bargaining chip — it’s the foundation of American innovation

#MIT #AcademicFreedom #SciencePolicy #HigherEd
https://t.co/DgV4WmujDg

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

President Sally Kornbluth:

“We freely choose these values because they’re right… MIT abides by the law — but science must be guided by merit, not politics.”

https://t.co/DajoLn33VS

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

.@MIT just drew a line that others have hesitated to cross.

It became the first university to reject the Trump admin’s “Compact for Academic Excellence.”

Not defiance — principle.

https://t.co/oeCgryg3Z3

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

Heading to Rochester, NY for this weekend’s APSA Northeast Regional Meeting at @UofR — especially meaningful after founding @A_P_S_A 20+ years ago.

Seeing it thrive today is a reminder how communities outlast their founders when built with purpose.

https://t.co/1NWXtT4hNC

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

Last week’s Netherland-American Foundation New England Gala at the @mfaboston was a remarkable evening celebrating the mission of NAF: strengthening ties between the U.S. & #Netherlands through exchange, collaboration & cultural + scientific diplomacy. #NAFGala #NetherlandsUSA

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

Last week I had the privilege of representing @NineDiagnostics at the 2nd Annual #Boston #Biotech Investor Day #BBID2025 — hosted by @LabCentral, @biolabs, @enginexyz, & @The_Termeer_Fdn

From 177 applications, 24 startups were selected to pitch. Honored to be among them.

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

This morning’s event @FidelityPrivate Shares was a great reminder: building a thriving #lifesciences #ecosystem is about more than capital — it’s about relationships, reciprocity, and contributing as much as you benefit.

#medtech #biotech #healthtech #startups #innovation

[Freddy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD @freddytn]

Earlier this week, #WMIF2025 — hosted by @MassGenBrigham + @BankofAmerica — spotlighted where #medicine is heading and what it will take to get there. MGB leadership driving the conversation on #healthcareinnovation #biotech