Baby born deaf can hear after breakthrough gene therapy
9 May 2024
A baby girl born deaf can hear unaided for the first time, after receiving gene therapy when she was 11 months old at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.
Call for safeguards to prevent unwanted ‘hauntings’ by AI chatbots of dead loved ones
9 May 2024
Cambridge researchers lay out the need for design safety protocols that prevent the emerging “digital afterlife industry” causing social and psychological harm.
‘Wraparound’ implants represent new approach to treating spinal cord injuries
8 May 2024
A tiny, flexible electronic device that wraps around the spinal cord could represent a new approach to the treatment of spinal injuries, which can cause profound disability and paralysis.