The FDA finally approved Elon Musk's Neuralink chip for human trials. Have all the concerns been addressed?
Elon Musk's Neuralink has now reached a significant milestone, having received FDA approval to begin human trials.
Sat Jun 03 2023
Musk's brain implant company in search of human trials partner
Neuralink has been talking to Barrow Neurological Institute to help carry out the human trials.
Tue Mar 28 2023
Why Elon Musk will have to wait a little longer to start putting chips in human brains
Elon Musk's agenda appears to have been thwarted by the US authorities, which have not authorised these first human trials.
Sat Mar 18 2023
Elon Musk expects Neuralink to begin human trials in six months
Neuralink is developing brain chip interfaces that it says could enable disabled patients to move and communicate again.
Thu Dec 01 2022
Will we see brain chips in humans by 2022?
Elon Musk says that the first human trials of Neuralink chips are scheduled to take place in 2022.
Thu Dec 16 2021
Factbox: COVID-19 vaccine frontrunners
More than 150 potential vaccines are being developed and tested globally to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, with 48 in human trials.
Tue Nov 24 2020
Thailand to begin COVID vaccine human trials in Oct
Thai researchers plan to start COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials in October after the testing on monkeys generated high levels of antibodies against the virus.
Mon Jul 13 2020
J&J to begin human trials of COVID-19 vaccine in second half of July
Johnson & Johnson said it would bring forward by two months human trials of its potential COVID-19 vaccine to the second half of July.
Wed Jun 10 2020
Singapore approves remdesivir drug for emergency COVID-19 treatment
Remdesivir is the first drug shown to be effective against the novel coronavirus in human trials
Wed Jun 10 2020
Ebola vaccine promising in first human trials: NIH
Researchers say they are one step closer to developing an Ebola vaccine, with a Phase 1 trial showing promising results, but it will be months at the earliest before it can be used in the field.
Thu Nov 27 2014
Shooting in Washington state leaves 5 dead; 15-year-old boy is in custody
The boy taken into custody was booked at the King County juvenile detention facility.
Tue Oct 22 2024
Malaysia to launch ASEAN Chairmanship 2025 logo and theme
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan will launch the logo and theme during a ceremony at the Wisma Putra, in Putrajaya.
Tue Oct 22 2024
Ukraine blasts UN's Guterres over invitation to BRICS summit in Russia
The UN Secretary General declined Ukraine's invitation to the first Global Peace Summit in Switzerland, the ministry said.
Tue Oct 22 2024
Hospitals under fire as Israeli forces deepen operations in northern Gaza
Troops rounded up men and ordered women to leave the Jabalia historic refugee camp, residents and medics said.
Tue Oct 22 2024
Taiwan says live fire China drills may be part of a 'deterrence' effect
Taiwan's defence ministry said those exercises were part of routine Chinese training and it was keeping a close watch.
Tue Oct 22 2024
Bursa Malaysia's early gains erode as investors lock in profits
The benchmark index had initially opened 1.78 points firmer at 1,647.46.
Tue Oct 22 2024
Brazil's Lula says head injury 'serious,' with update from doctors in coming days
The president's injury forced him to cancel a trip to Russia for a summit of the BRICS group of major emerging markets being held in Kazan.
Tue Oct 22 2024
Blinken heads to Israel to revive Gaza ceasefire talks after Sinwar death
Blinken will focus discussions on how to end the war, plans for the enclave after the fighting ends and how to improve humanitarian assistance.
Tue Oct 22 2024
Facebook owner Meta restarts facial recognition tech in 'celeb-bait' crackdown
Meta said it will enroll about 50,000 public figures in a trial which involves automatically comparing their Facebook profile photos with images used in suspected scam advertisements.
Tue Oct 22 2024
BHP trying to avoid responsibility over Brazilian dam collapse, UK court told
More than 600,000 Brazilians, 46 local governments and around 2,000 businesses are suing BHP over the 2015 collapse of the Mariana dam in southeastern Brazil.
Mon Oct 21 2024