Science Jan 30 Elon Musk says the first human has received an implant from Neuralink, but details are scant In a Monday post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Musk said that the patient received the implant the day prior and was recovering well. The billionaire did not provide additional details about the patient.
Health Jan 02 Threats to medication abortion access drive U.S. women to stockpile pills Nationally, the average number of daily requests shot up nearly tenfold, from about 25 in the eight months before the leak to 247 after the leak.
Health Dec 08 Gene therapies for sickle cell disease approved in U.S. Regulators on Friday approved two new gene therapies for sickle cell disease that doctors hope can cure the painful, inherited blood disorder that afflicts mostly Black people in the United States.
Health Oct 31 WATCH: Sickle cell gene therapy gets review from FDA advisory committee If approved, it would be the first gene therapy on the U.S. market based on CRISPR, the gene editing tool that won its inventors the Nobel Prize in 2020.
Science Sep 25 More research is examining how we carry the 'genetic legacy' of extinct human species Neanderthal genes have been linked with our immune systems and COVID-19 response, while Denisovan genes may help adapt to high altitudes.
Nation Sep 24 Weakened Ophelia poses flood risk in parts of Northeast as new storm brews in the Atlantic After being downgraded from a tropical storm, Ophelia on Sunday still threatened parts of the Northeast with coastal flooding, life-threatening waves and heavy rain from Washington to New York City, the National Hurricane Center said.
Health Jul 03 U.S. maternal deaths more than doubled over 20 years. Here's who fared the worst A new study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that Black mothers died at the nation’s highest rates, while the largest increases in deaths were found in American Indian and Native Alaskan mothers.
Nation Jun 21 In first, U.S. regulators approve sale of chicken made from animal cells in a lab The companies that cultivate the meat aim to eliminate harm to animals and drastically reduce the environmental impacts of raising them. It will initially be sold only at upscale restaurants.
Health Feb 28 3 years into COVID-19 pandemic, disease origins remain a mystery Did the coronavirus originate in animals or leak from a Chinese lab? Governments and health agencies around the world have been trying to answer that question since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Science Jan 24 New gene therapy delivers treatment directly to brain About 30 U.S. studies testing gene therapy to the brain for various disorders are ongoing, according to the National Institutes of Health.