A cyberattack on U.S. medical transcription firm Perry Johnson & Associates saw nearly four million patient records from Northwell Health and 1.2 million from Cook County Health stolen, alongside those of four million other patients from undisclosed locations. This is one of the worst medical data breaches in recent years, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Neurons Generated from Skin Cells Without Stem Cell Step in Mice
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a method to convert skin cells directly into neurons, bypassing the induced pluripotent stem cell