In an extraordinary display of tech-meets-biology, Swiss and French neuroscientists have given a paraplegic man the ability to walk again with the help of an AI-empowered brain-machine interface. Sounds like a sci-fi blockbuster, right? But for Gert-Jan Oskam, this is a reality. How It Works: Oskam, who had been paralyzed...
Telerobotics company Endiatx has developed a prototype of a tiny robotic drone dubbed PillBot that can travel inside the body after being swallowed to help diagnose diseases like stomach ulcers, gastritis, and cancers in VR. The company has already tested the new tech with live humans and cadavers during its...
The World Health Organization has declared the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency. The announcement was made after a WHO panel of experts gathered to discuss the epidemic last Thursday. The decision was passed after WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus voted in favor, breaking a deadlock. * The health agency stated...
Google has decided to automatically delete abortion clinic visits from users’ location history following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The change will take effect in the coming weeks, but it’s unclear when and how soon the data will be deleted after a...
In a decision that will change American life, restructure the country's politics, and result in all but complete bans on the operation in almost half of the states, the Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to abortion after nearly 50 years. * Conservative justices voted...
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched [https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-launches-clinical-trial-three-mrna-hiv-vaccines] Phase I clinical trials for three experimental HIV vaccine candidates. Developed by Moderna, all three vaccines utilize mRNA technology, the same platform used for creating the company’s FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine. * The vaccines prompt...
