Articles by

Emily Mullin

Elon Musk Says a Human Patient Has Received Neuralink’s Brain Implant

Elon Musk said on the social media platform X on Monday that the first human patient has...

6 Deaf Children Can Now Hear After a Single Injection

Born deaf, the 1-year-old boy had never responded to sound or speech before. But after receiving an...

Scientists Will Test a Cancer-Hunting mRNA Treatment

As the first vaccines for Covid-19 rolled out at the end of 2020, messenger RNA catapulted into...

A Gene-Edited Pig Liver Was Attached to a Person—and Worked for 3 Days

Surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania announced today that they successfully attached a genetically altered pig liver...

They Had PTSD. A Psychedelic Called Ibogaine Helped Them Get Better

After multiple deployments with the US Army Special Forces, Joe Hudak returned home in 2011 changed by...

A Gel Injected Into the Scrotum Could Be the Next Male Contraceptive

Vasectomies are on the rise, but not all men are ready to commit to a permanent form...

The Race to Put Brain Implants in People Is Heating Up

In September, Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink announced the much-anticipated news that it would start recruiting volunteers...

The Age of Crispr Medicine Is Here

Jimi Olaghere used to end up in the emergency room so often that the hospital reserved a...