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May 18, 2026ยทnature.com

Reti-Pioneer: One Retinal Scan Detects Multiple Systemic Diseases

A new AI framework turns routine retinal imaging into a powerful noninvasive window for simultaneous detection of multiple metabolic and endocrine disorders.

The system combines quality-aware modules with frozen foundation models to deliver accurate, interpretable predictions from standard eye scans in under 30 seconds.

May 11, 2026ยทnature.com

Agentic AI That Autonomously Discovers Cancer Biology

A new agentic framework called SPARK uses language as a universal interface to autonomously generate biologically meaningful hypotheses and convert them into analytical tools directly from routine H&E pathology slides.

No hand-crafted features or task-specific retraining are required. The multi-agent system handles the full pipeline: