Articles by

Emily Mullin

Neuralink’s First User Is ‘Constantly Multitasking’ With His Brain Implant

In 2016, Noland Arbaugh suffered a spinal cord injury while swimming in a lake. The details are...

There’s New Hope for an HIV Vaccine

Since it was first identified in 1983, HIV has infected more than 85 million people and caused...

The First Person to Receive a Pig Kidney Transplant Has Died

Richard “Rick” Slayman, the first person to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig, has died...

These Artificial Blood Platelets Could One Day Save Lives

When donated blood is in low supply, platelets are even scarcer. These cell fragments, which are essential...

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...