Biotechnology and health

A man with Parkinson’s regained the ability to walk thanks to a spinal implant

A man with Parkinson’s disease has regained the ability to walk after physicians implanted a small device into his spinal

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Over the past few years, the treatment of some hard-to-treat blood cancers has been revolutionized by therapies based on engineered

Here’s the easy game Li Xincheng has been playing at home. Her mother says a few words. Then the six-year-old,

The gene-editing technology CRISPR has been used to change the genes of human babies, to modify animals, and to treat

For a long time, spider silk held the top spot as the strongest biological material on the planet, inspiring researchers

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A blueberry-size pill that you swallow could let doctors measure signs of inflammatory bowel disease in the gut, helping spot

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