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By Brittany Trang
Feb. 4, 2026
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Brittany Trang, Ph.D., is a health tech reporter at STAT and writes the AI Prognosis newsletter. Follow her on Threads, Mastodon, and Bluesky. You can reach Brittany on Signal at btrang.01.
One of my favorite science communicators, Alex Dainis, is in the middle of a short-form video series where she’s tasting every amino acid.
Each video is great, but her reaction to tasting cysteine is memorable. I am obsessed; you should give a couple of the videos a watch.
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If you’re tuned into the health AI discussion online, you’re probably sick of hearing takes on Utah’s artificial intelligence pilot program, where Doctronic will authorize prescription renewals with AI.
It sounds great — a step toward letting AI do more things in a “sandbox” environment sanctioned by the state government. But what, exactly, is the legality of this program?
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Brittany Trang, Ph.D., is a health tech reporter at STAT and writes the AI Prognosis newsletter. Follow her on Threads, Mastodon, and Bluesky. You can reach Brittany on Signal at btrang.01.
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