๐งฌ #CancerResearch week's top news:
1๏ธโฃ New drug doubles survival vs chemo
2๏ธโฃ Molecular profiling key in precision #oncology
3๏ธโฃ Gym 90-120min/week cuts cancer mortality
4๏ธโฃ Cancer deaths falling since 2001 thru COVID
5๏ธโฃ Prevention & screening save lives
#CancerPrevention
๐คฏ Study of 12,000+ cancer patients: those taking #GLP1 drugs like semaglutide were less likely to progress to stage 4 cancer. Presented at #ASCO2026 โ unexpected but powerful finding.
๐ https://t.co/jYNMyDQ9Ov
#Ozempic#Cancer#MedicalResearch
๐ธ The #OPTIMA trial shows a DNA test can help ~5,000 breast cancer patients/year safely skip chemo and be treated with hormone therapy alone. Huge quality-of-life win! #ASCO2026
๐ https://t.co/jYNMyDQ9Ov
#BreastCancer#Oncology#Cancer
5/5 Cancer in 2026: immunotherapy & targeted therapies keep improving survival โ 5-year relative survival now ~70% vs 49% in the 1970s. Durable responses even in metastatic settings are becoming reality.
https://t.co/JcGOo3BWD1
#immunotherapy#cancerstatistics#HopeAgainstCancer
3/5 Despite not fully meeting its primary endpoint, the NHS-Galleri study shows a clear trend toward fewer late-stage cancers over sequential screening rounds. A promising step for multi-cancer early detection.
https://t.co/EU5c2bkuZ3
#screening#oncology#MCED
2/5 Landmark NHS-Galleri trial: a multi-cancer early detection blood test substantially reduced stage IV diagnoses & increased early-stage detection among 142,000 participants.
https://t.co/EU5c2bkuZ3
#earlydetection#liquidbiopsy#NHS#cancer
1/5 New Phase III data on giredestrant (lidERA & persevERA trials) at #ASCO26 shows potential as future standard of care in HR+ breast cancer.
https://t.co/KIGt8SdDBi
#breastcancer#OncoTwitter#cancerresearch
AI weekly report 4-8 May ๐ค
UK backs Ineffable Intelligence! Ex-DeepMind researcher David Silver raised $1.1B โ Europe's biggest seed round. Backed by UK Sovereign AI Fund, Sequoia, Lightspeed, Nvidia & Google. Valued $5B.
#AI#UK#IneffableIntelligence
https://t.co/1QlxGvrloz
AI weekly report 4-8 May ๐ค
OpenAI & Microsoft end exclusivity! OpenAI can now deploy on AWS & Google Cloud. Microsoft keeps a non-exclusive IP license through 2032 and 27% stake. The AGI trigger clause has been removed.
#AI#OpenAI#Microsoft#ChatGPT
https://t.co/l1vmBQq2bj
AI weekly report 4-8 May ๐ค
SAP acquires Prior Labs! German AI startup pioneering Tabular Foundation Models for business data. SAP invests โฌ1B+ over 4 years to build Europe's top frontier AI lab.
#AI#SAP#PriorLabs#EnterpriseAI
https://t.co/hU04J8xdIT
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DeepMind's AlphaEvolve turns one! Gemini coding agent optimized Google's data centers & chip design, recovering 0.7% of compute. Solved 75% of math problems & improved 20% beyond human records.
#AI#DeepMind#AlphaEvolve
https://t.co/3G7XZ1xZe7
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OpenAI to spend $50B on computing power in 2026 โ revealed by president Greg Brockman in court. Costs rose from $30M in 2017 to tens of billions. Microsoft also raised AI CapEx to $190B.
#OpenAI#AI#GenAI https://t.co/er1JOvRTd5
Weekly report 4-8 May
๐ฐ๏ธ China confirms plans to expand Tiangong space station, potentially doubling its size with 3 new modules. This comes as the ISS prepares for retirement by 2031.
#Tiangong#ChinaSpace#SpaceExploration#ISS https://t.co/4oSlxP6AHR
Weekly report 4-8 May
๐ธ SpaceX hits 55 launches in 2026 YTD, on pace for 145+. Starship Flight 12 (V3) set for May 12-15 from Starbase, TX. Starlink surpasses $10B revenue.
#SpaceX#Starship#Starlink https://t.co/sjZc3VKAbo
Weekly report 4-8 May
๐ NASA & SpaceX confirmed CRS-34 launch for May 12 at 7:16 PM EDT. Dragon will deliver 6,500 lbs of cargo, science experiments and a new instrument to monitor charged particles around Earth to the ISS.
#SpaceX#NASA#ISS#CRS34 https://t.co/2imPfrq9pK