Liu et al. develop Oncoformer, a multimodal transformer that reads routine laboratory tests and chest X-rays already collected in everyday care. Across more than 3.6 million individuals, it detects cancer, infers tumor stage, and stratifies treatment response and recurrence risk, pointing toward risk-adapted cancer care built on data already in hand.

Nature Medicine, Published online: 11 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04621-1The International Consortium of Digital Twins in Healthcare and Medicine was established to advance medical digital twin technology as a new infrastructure for precision health.

Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10315-yDevelopment of the pangenome-informed genome assembly (PIGA) workflow enabled the generation of 1,116 diploid genome assemblies (55 de novo and 1,061 pangenome-informed), representing an extensive resource of medically relevant genic variations.