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Neuralink competitor Paradromics gets one step closer to FDA approval for its brain implant
Paradromics Cortical Module Source: Padromics A fast-growing team of nearly 50 scientists and engineers at the neurotech startup Paradromics has captured the attention of federal regulators. Paradromics, founded in 2015, is developing a brain implant that could help patients with severe paralysis regain their ability to communicate by deciphering their neural signals. And on Thursday, […]
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Virgin Galactic targets May 25 for first spaceflight since Richard Branson’s trip
Carrier aircraft VMS Eve is seen in the background shortly after releasing VSS Unity, which is firing its engine and acclerating during the company’s fourth spaceflight test, Unity 22, carrying founder Richard Branson on July 11, 2021. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic is targeting as early as May 25 for the launch of its next spaceflight, […]
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Google zeroed in on these 3 groups of weather providers to strengthen
The Voltpost staff. Image courtesy Voltpost and Google. Thursday marked the 3rd Demo Day for the Google for Startups Accelerator: Climate Alter software, wherever startups in the application presented the position of their startup, capping off 10 months of programming and mentorship from Google’s robust community of in-dwelling authorities, training, and credits to use Google […]
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Pfizer RSV vaccine for infants has ‘generally favorable’ safety data, FDA staff say
Blood sample for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) test Jarun011 | Istock | Getty Images U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff on Tuesday said Pfizer’s vaccine that protects infants from respiratory syncytial virus has “generally favorable” safety data. The FDA staff made the conclusion in briefing documents ahead of a meeting on Thursday, when a panel […]
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Google Cloud launches A.I.-driven resources to accelerate drug discovery, precision medication
A particular person walks upcoming to the Google Cloud symbol at the Mobile Globe Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain February 27, 2023. Nacho Doce | Reuters Google Cloud on Tuesday introduced two new AI-run instruments that intention to help biotech and pharmaceutical companies speed up drug discovery and progress precision medication. One resource, identified as […]
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Biden to nominate cancer surgeon Monica Bertagnolli to lead National Institutes of Health
Dr. Monica Bertagnolli speaks during a visit from first lady Jill Biden to the University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Jeff Chiu | AP President Joe Biden will nominate Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, a cancer surgeon, to lead the National Institutes of Health, the […]
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SpaceX hires former NASA human spaceflight official Kathy Leuders to help with Starship
Kathy Leuders, formerly NASA associate administrator of the Space Operations Mission Directorate, before speaking to press on May 30 following SpaceX’s launch of the Demo-2 mission. Kim Shiflett / NASA Kathy Lueders, the most recent top human spaceflight official at NASA, has joined Elon Musk’s SpaceX after retiring from the agency a couple weeks ago, […]
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The human genome scientists use to scout for disease just got a major makeover
Andrew Brookes | Image Source | Getty Images Scientists have been using the same human genome sequence to study genomics for more than 20 years, but on Wednesday it got a major makeover. Researchers published a new, more inclusive collection of reference human genome sequences in a landmark development that greatly expands on that original […]
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Google will label bogus illustrations or photos developed with its A.I.
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote tackle at the Google I/O developers convention at Shoreline Amphitheatre on May well 10, 2023 in Mountain Watch, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Pictures News | Getty Illustrations or photos Google will embed details identified as a markup inside photographs created by its AI models, in order to […]
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FDA advisors recommend sale of birth control pill without a prescription
Opill Oral Contraception Source: Perrigo A panel of experts who advise the Food and Drug Administration unanimously recommended Wednesday that the agency for the first time allow women to obtain a birth control pill without a prescription. The panel had been asked whether the benefits of selling HRA Pharma’s birth control pill Opill outweighed the […]
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