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Muscle Implants Could Allow Mind-Controlled Prosthetics—No Brain Surgery Required
Alex Smith was 11 years old when he lost his right arm in 2003. A drunk driver operating…
The First Crispr Treatment Is Making Its Way to Patients
Nearly a year after its approval, the first medical treatment that uses the Nobel Prize–winning technology Crispr is…
Bone Marrow Donors Can Be Hard to Find. One Company Is Turning to Cadavers
“Today’s ecosystem is based around living volunteers,” Ossium’s CEO and cofounder, Kevin Caldwell, says. While the US organ…
A Neuralink Rival Says Its Eye Implant Restored Vision in Blind People
One of these, called the Argus II, was approved for commercial use in Europe in 2011 and in…
An Ultrathin Graphene Brain Implant Was Just Tested in a Person
In 2004, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at the University of Manchester in England achieved a breakthrough when…
This Brain Implant Lets People Control Amazon Alexa With Their Minds
“It’s pretty exciting and freeing to keep my independence,” Mark says. “Some days can be more challenging, especially…
The Next Frontier for mRNA Could Be Healing Damaged Organs
A healthy liver is spongy and reddish-brown in color with a smooth appearance. But when the surgeons took…
The Secret to Living Past 120 Years Old? Nanobots
I’ve had many conversations over the years about life extension, and the idea often meets resistance. People become…
Woman Who Received Pig Kidney Transplant Has It Removed
Surgeons in New York have removed a pig kidney less than two months after transplanting it into Lisa…
Gene-Edited Salad Greens Are Coming to US Stores This Fall
Last year, startup Pairwise started selling the first food in the US made with Crispr technology: a new…