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Scientists “demonstrated a promising step toward using a person’s own immune cells to fight gastrointestinal cancers” at America’s National Institutes of Health (or NIH), reports the Washington Post.
But the results were published in Nature Medicine …
Longtime Slashdot reader backslashdot writes: Commentary, video, and a publication in this week’s Nature Neuroscience herald a significant advance in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, enabling speech by decoding electrical activity in the brai…
Exhibition aims to help visitors get inside the minds that thought mercury and roasted apples would cure liceMedieval treatments might make you question the sanity of the doctors of the day, but a new exhibition is set to take visitors inside the minds…
Scientists in China successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a brain-dead patient, where it functioned for 10 days. The liver, modified to reduce immune rejection, produced key proteins and bile, showing compatibility and offerin…
NPR reports on research “into whether our defenses built up from past flu seasons can offer any protection against H5N1 bird flu.”
So far, the findings offer some reassurance. Antibodies and other players in the immune system may buffer the worst cons…
A newly FDA-approved form of adaptive deep-brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s disease adjusts electrical stimulation in real time based on an individual’s brain signals, improving symptom control and reducing medication dependence. Scientific Amer…
A blog post from the Stanford University School of Medicine attempts to answer the question: What’s the deal with the gut-brain connection?
It affects your mood, your sleep, even your motivation to exercise. There’s convincing evidence that it’s the …
Australian company Cortical Labs has launched the CL1, the world’s first commercial “biological computer” that merges human brain cells with silicon hardware to form adaptable, energy-efficient neural networks. New Atlas reports: Known as a Synthetic B…
San Francisco-based biotech startup Loyal says a drug it developed to increase dogs’ lifespan “has passed a significant milestone on the way to regulatory approval,” reports the Washington Post:
The Food and Drug Administration certified the daily pil…
Google has received FDA clearance for the Pixel Watch 3’s Loss of Pulse Detection feature, which will start rolling out to U.S. devices around the end of March. The Verge reports: The Loss of Pulse Detection feature is exactly what it sounds like: if t…