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Severely paralyzed man communicates using brain signals sent to his vocal tract
A severely paralyzed man communicated using a system that translates signals from his brain to his vocal tract directly into words that appear on a screen.
Study suggests vapers are 1.3 times more likely to develop lung disease
As debate continues around how e-cigarettes should be legislated, vaping companies promote their products as less health-damaging than smoking regular cigarettes. However, a new three-year study from UC San Francisco shows that vaping is associated with an increased risk of developing lung diseases like asthma, bronchitis and emphysema, and is also a risk factor for pulmonary disease.
Scientists use CRISPR to make stem cells invisible to immune system
Scientists at the University of California San Francisco have developed a new method to minimize the likelihood that a person's body will reject stem cells during a transplant. Using the CRISPR gene editing tools, the scientists managed to create stem cells that are effectively invisible to the body's immune system.
