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Neuralink experienced a mechanical issue with its first human brain-computer interface implant. Its novel design may make it more prone to failure.

Synthetic DNA could be used to spark a pandemic. A move by President Biden aims to create new standards for the safety and security of mail-order genetic material.

China's brain-computer interface technology is catching up to the US. But it envisions a very different use case: cognitive enhancement.

In the first procedure of its kind, a 54-year-old New Jersey woman received a genetically engineered pig kidney and thymus after getting a heart pump.

After months of secrecy, Neuralink revealed that the partner site for its brain implant study is the Barrow Neurological Institute.

The untold, top-secret story of the British researchers who found the key to keeping humans alive underwater—and helped make D-Day a success.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink and others are developing devices that could provide blind people with a crude sense of sight.

Researchers think a combination of genetic edits and an experimental immunosuppressive drug could make the first pig kidney transplant a long-term success.

Donor livers are in short supply for transplants. A startup is attempting to grow new ones in people instead.

A 62-year-old Massachusetts man with failing kidneys is the first living patient to receive a genetically altered kidney from a pig.

In a livestream on X, the paralyzed 29-year-old man used his Neuralink brain implant to control a computer.

Your pets can already eat a chewable tablet for tick prevention. Now, a pill that paralyzes and kills ticks has shown positive results in a small human trial.

De-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences claims it has found a way to reprogram elephant cells, a technical breakthrough that could lead to the return of the long-lost mammals.

Americans eat too much sugar. Food tech company Zya is developing a substance to add to sweet foods that can convert some of that sugar into fiber in the digestive system.

Elon Musk says Neuralink’s first human trial subject can control a computer mouse with their brain, but some researchers are frustrated by a lack of information about the study.

Houston-based rBIO has invented a new process to churn out insulin at higher yields using custom-made bacteria.

Several gene therapies aim to restore a protein necessary for transmitting sound signals from the ear to the brain.

Strand Therapeutics has figured out a way to turn the molecule on and off in certain tissues to more precisely treat tumors.