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A Paralyzed Man Just Piloted a Virtual Drone With His Mind Alone

Posted in Hardware, Medicine, Science, Software on 11th Feb, 2025
by Alexander Muller

Linking brains to machines has gone from science fiction to reality in the past two decades.

Four Clinical Trials To Watch That Could Change Medicine in 2025

Posted in Medicine, Science on 11th Feb, 2025
by Alexander Muller

What’s poised to take the leap from breakthrough to clinical approval in 2025? Here’s what to expect in the year ahead.

The Brain on Microplastics: A Study in Mice Finds the Brain’s Immune Cells Gorging on Plastic

Posted in Medicine, Science on 11th Feb, 2025
by Alexander Muller

Scientists generally agree that microplastics floating across the blood-brain barrier can cause damage or spark inflammation in the body affecting neuron function.

An AI test to help guide bowel cancer treatment

Posted in Medicine, Science on 2nd Feb, 2025
by Alexander Muller

Doctors could have a new way of working with those defences, making the treatment decisions that come after surgery much easier. A team has shown that an AI test can analyse important CD3 immune cells in stage 2 bowel tumours and identify the people who most need chemotherapy as a secondary shield to stop their cancer coming back.

Neoadjuvant radiotherapy may hamper immunotherapy, new breast cancer research finds

Posted in Medicine, Science on 2nd Feb, 2025
by Alexander Muller

A new study has provided novel insights into the effects of radiation on the immune cells surrounding breast cancer tumours.