Medical research

The company aims to implant its chips in 20,000 people per year by 2031, and generate at least US$1 billion in annual revenue

[TOKYO] A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said.

Existing research capabilities and support for new startups can drive growth in this field

ELON Musk’s brain-chip startup Neuralink said on Tuesday (Sep 17) that its experimental implant aimed at restoring vision received the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) “breakthrough device” des...

A PATIENT with a degenerative disease was able to command Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant with his mind, the company behind the technological innovation announced on Monday, letting him stream shows ...

GRAIL said on Tuesday (Aug 13) it has cut about 350 existing jobs as the diagnostics company focuses on the development of its flagship cancer-detection test Galleri, sending its shares up more than 1...

THE New Zealand government said on Tuesday (Aug 13) that it would introduce new legislation to make it easier for companies and researchers to develop and commercialise products using gene technologie...

NEURALINK has successfully implanted in a second patient its device designed to give paralysed patients the ability to use digital devices by thinking alone, according to the startup’s owner Elon Musk...

BRAIN-COMPUTER startup Neuralink aims to implant its device into a second human patient in a week or so, founder Elon Musk said during a video update on Wednesday (Jul 10), and hopes to have devices i...