Medicine

Elon Musk introduced Gertrude via a video link during a livestream event in which he was looking for employees for Neuralink. On Friday, the director of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk, presented to the world a pig with, according to his claims, a small computer implanted in its brain. “We …

In just the last ten years or so, technologies have been developed that help people see better. As medical research advances in search of the best possible treatments and drugs, some technological solutions offer people the opportunity to see now. „Second Sight i Argus II“ One of the pioneers in …

British surgeons performed the first robotic operation inside the eye and potentially revolutionized the way eye conditions can be treated. Patient William Beaver, 70, says his eyesight returned after the procedure. The procedure was performed by John Radcliffe Hospital surgeons. After the procedure, Professor Robert MacLaren says there is no …

The revolutionary method of eye surgery with 3D glasses comes from Croatia. It was designed by a young trainee Benedict Rak (29) at the “Sveti Duh” Hospital in Zagreb. The first in the world with this technology This young trainee was the first in the world to invent wide-angle 3D …

SWISS scientists have discovered that syphilis and similar diseases may have spread to Europe even before Christopher Columbus returned from America. The most widespread theory in the scientific community is that syphilis is a New World disease brought to Europe by Columbus and his crew after his return in 1493. …

We often think of our brain as one large organ within our skulls, but it actually consists of many small structures that allow us to walk, speak, think, and feel. Among these structures, one of the better known is the amygdala, which has been found to play an extremely important …

There are more and more viruses and bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics, mostly due to irresponsible medication and treatment without the assistance of experts. One machine learning model could change that, as it has already identified a powerful drug that destroys many bacteria that are resistant to ordinary antibiotics. …

The use of cannabidiol (CBD), the main non-psychoactive compound derived from cannabis, in human and veterinary medicine has been steadily increasing over the last ten years, despite the lack of scientific evidence of its effectiveness. Previous research has shown that cannabinoids, such as CBD, can have antitumor effects, but they …

Whether it activates or silences genes, breaks down damaged cells, or builds new tissue, our body is constantly working to repair itself. To fight the disease, our body sends signals, often long before we even notice the disease. Such signals are, for example, DNA molecules that are released from the …

Scientists have taken a step forward in deciphering what a person is saying just by looking at her brain waves as she speaks. They were able to enable algorithms to transfer patterns from the brain in real time, with an error rate below three percent. Previously, these so-called brain machines …