For the first time, scientists have used the gene-editing technique CRISPR to try to edit a gene while the DNA … More
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Humans Put Into Suspended Animation For The First Time
Groundbreaking trial in US rapidly cools trauma victims with catastrophic injury to buy more time for surgery Surgeons at work. … More
Man Gets Brain Implant To Help Him Overcome Opioid Addiction
A man living in the state with the highest rate of opioid deaths in America is the first participant of … More
Planet Of The Apes: Caution Urged As Scientists Look To Create Human/Monkey Chimeras
Some Alzheimer’s researchers are proposing the creation of human-monkey chimeras — part-human beings with entire portions of the brain entirely … More
Are You TRYING To Make Zombies, Because This Is How You Make Zombies: Scientists Restore Partial Function To Dead Pig Brain
The lead up to Easter is an appropriate enough time to be bringing things back from the dead, made perfect … More
New 3D Printer Can Print Using Light- Possible Applications Include Printing LIFE
BERKELEY (KPIX 5) — Researchers at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore Lab have created a new kind of 3D printer … More
Full-Head Transplant Gains Traction, So Do Ethical Concerns
Surgeons from China and Italy claimed that two studies published Wednesday add evidence to their ability to treat “irreversible” spinal-cord injuries and a … More
AI Can Translate Human Thoughts Into Speech- Conveniently The Same AI That Is Used By Amazon’s Alexa & Apple’s Siri
Neuro-engineers at New York’s Columbia University say they have created a system that can translate human thoughts into recognizable speech, … More
Tread Lightly: Israeli Scientists Publish Findings Of Potential Cure For Cancer
A small team of Israeli scientists think they might have found the first complete cure for cancer. “We believe we … More
Chinese Researchers Create Shape-Shifting Robot
A soft robot powered by liquid metal with self-repairing and shape-shifting abilities has recently been developed by Chinese scientists who … More