Medical research
Musk’s Neuralink submits brain implant patient data to journal
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
Stem cell treatment helped improve spinal cord injuries: Japan scientists
[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.
Singapore has a chance to shine in precision medicine
Existing research capabilities and support for new startups can drive growth in this field
Elon Musk’s Neuralink gets FDA’s breakthrough device tag for ‘Blindsight’ implant
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...
Brain implant lets man control Amazon’s Alexa with thought
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 ...
Cancer test maker Grail cuts 350 jobs as part of restructuring programme
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...
New Zealand to loosen gene editing regulation, make commercialisation easier
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 implanted second trial patient with brain chip, Elon Musk says
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...
Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain device to be implanted in second human in a week
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...
First human to receive transplanted pig kidney dies
A MAN with end-stage renal disease who earlier this year became the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig has died, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said.
