Articles by

Emily Mullin

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Had a Brain Implant Setback. It May Come Down to Design

Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink revealed that it experienced a problem with its brain implant after the device...

The US Is Cracking Down on Synthetic DNA

The White House has issued new rules aimed at companies that manufacture synthetic DNA after years of...

China Has a Controversial Plan for Brain-Computer Interfaces

At a tech forum in Beijing last week, a Chinese company unveiled a “homegrown” brain-computer interface that...

Doctors Combined a Heart Pump and Pig Kidney Transplant in Breakthrough Surgery

A 54-year-old New Jersey woman has become the second living person to receive a genetically engineered pig...

We Finally Know Where Neuralink’s Brain Implant Trial Is Happening

Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink has chosen the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, as the initial...

The Next Frontier for Brain Implants Is Artificial Vision

Brian Bussard has 25 tiny chips in his brain. They were installed in February 2022 as part...

He Got a Pig Kidney Transplant. Now Doctors Need to Keep It Working

Richard Slayman made history on March 16 by becoming the first living person to receive a genetically...

This Bag of Cells Could Grow New Livers Inside of People

For the first time, scientists are attempting to grow a new, miniature liver inside of a person....