CLEVELAND, Ohio —Tommy Fello, owner of the iconic Tommy’s Restaurant in Cleveland Heights, hadn’t missed a day in the kitchen in 19 years — until he had a stroke on Christmas Day 2023. Even after years of physical therapy, muscle stiffness and weakness in his left arm and leg made it impossible for him to get back to whipping up …
Read More »
Scientists are making significant strides forward in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, and a newly developed system can translate our thoughts into text or sound. It’s essentially an inner speech decoder, developed by researchers from institutions across the US. In tests on four volunteers with severe paralysis, the decoder hit an accuracy rate of up to 74 percent in translating thoughts …
Read More »
In world 1st bid to cure paralysis, Israeli team gears up to implant innovative spinal cord The Times of Israel Israel to carry out world’s first spinal cord transplant The Jerusalem Post Israel to Perform World’s First Human Spinal Cord Implant VINnews The first human spinal cord repair using the patient own cells EurekAlert! First Spinal Cord Transplant to Take Place in Israel IFCJ Source …
Read More »
TAR-200 is a miniature, pretzel-shaped drug-device duo containing a chemotherapy drug, gemcitabine, which is inserted into the bladder through a catheter and releases the drug for three weeks per treatment cycle. Credit: Johnson and Johnson. Bladder cancer patients who run out of options often face a grim choice: life-altering surgery to remove the bladder, or living with a disease that …
Read More »
Scientists have developed a brain-computer interface that can capture and decode a person’s inner monologue. The results could help people who are unable to speak communicate more easily with others. Unlike some previous systems, the new brain-computer interface does not require people to attempt to physically speak. Instead, they just have to think what they want to say. “This is …
Read More »
Postdoctoral scholar Erin Kunz holds a microelectrode array. Surgically implanted in the brain’s surface layer, the array records neural activity patterns directly from the brain to a computer. Credit: Jim Gensheimer Our inner voice has always been a sanctuary — a private psychological space where half-formed sentences float safely between thought and speech. But what happens when machines can hear …
Read More »
A microscopic view of a nine-day-old human embryo shows a protein found in embryonic stem cells in green, developing tissue in magenta and DNA in blue. Credit: Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) A time-lapse film offers a glimpse of a hidden milestone of human development: the moment when the newly formed embryo latches onto the uterine lining. Researchers have …
Read More »
A brain scan (artificially coloured) produced by magnetic resonance imaging. Credit: K H Fung/Science Photo Library A brain implant can decode a person’s internal chatter – but the device works only if the user thinks of a preset password1. The mind-reading device, or brain–computer interface (BCI), accurately deciphered up to 74% of imagined sentences. The system began decoding users’ internal …
Read More »
Summary: Scientists have developed a 3D-printed implant that delivers targeted electrical stimulation to damaged areas of the spinal cord, promoting nerve regeneration. The implant mimics the spinal cord’s structure with a fine, electrically conductive mesh, boosting neuron and stem cell growth in lab tests. By adjusting the fibre layout, the team improved the implant’s effectiveness, opening possibilities for wider medical …
Read More »