Mass General Brigham and Brown researchers report an implantable intracortical BCI that let two BrainGate trial participants—one with ALS and one with a cervical spinal cord injury—type up to ~22 words per minute with a 1.6% word error rate after brief calibration.
Read moreA study published in Nature Communications shows 13 Hz deep brain stimulation of the globus pallidus externus improved error‑driven behavioral flexibility in two monkeys with PCP‑induced schizophrenia‑like deficits. The work identifies a basal‑ganglia circuit linked to a core symptom but is limited to a small animal model.
Read morePohang University researchers published a spinal implant that remains rigid for insertion then softens in minutes using a water‑soluble layer; liquid metal conductors kept signals stable in rat tests that lowered blood pressure and recorded sensory responses.
Read moreA UC Irvine-led team reported a bidirectional brain-computer interface that allowed a participant to control an Ekso GT exoskeleton and perceive artificial leg sensations via direct cortical stimulation, with step-count accuracy near 93%. The prototype runs on a compact embedded platform and the authors describe a path toward fully implantable systems.
Read moreOPM told federal health insurers to emphasize prevention, non‑pharmaceutical care and digital therapeutics for plan year 2027, and asked carriers for monthly claims reports that could include identifiable data. The move follows sharp premium increases in 2026 and has drawn privacy concerns from employee groups.
Read moreA new study provides fresh insight into gene transfer agents (GTAs), virus-like particles bacteria use to move DNA between cells, and clarifies how GTAs can spread genes — including those tied to antibiotic resistance.
Read moreBerlin startup Insellar has secured €400,000 in pre‑seed funding from IBB Ventures and angels to develop a patent‑protected brain‑computer interface for treatment‑resistant depression and to build a functional prototype ahead of preclinical validation.
Read moreA Science Advances paper shows three rhesus monkeys using an implanted intracortical BCI to steer avatars through a stereoscopic virtual forest. The decoder drew signals from M1, PMd and PMv and ran without retraining across multiple navigation tasks.
Read moreTwo Indian clinicians outlined the neurological features, diagnostic approach and day-to-day management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, stressing clinical assessment, pacing and multidisciplinary follow-up.
Read moreSabarish Hariharan Narayanan submitted an abstract to the 2026 Combined Sections Meeting on how galvanic vestibular stimulation affects spinal network excitability measured via the soleus H‑reflex; the program listing includes only the title, with no data provided.
Read moreMUSC Health began offering SAINT (Stanford Neuromodulation Therapy) in 2024, providing an accelerated TMS protocol that MUSC reports produces ~80% remission by day five and a mean time to remission of 2.6 days for treatment-resistant depression.
Read moreA 25-year scientometric analysis charts global publication and citation patterns for vagus nerve stimulation in psychiatric research, highlighting where academic attention and research output have concentrated over the past quarter-century.
Read moreA March 26, 2026 paper in Cyborg and Bionic Systems reports a visual SSVEP BCI that averaged 472.7 bits/min online and hit a 551.4 bpm individual peak using hybrid frequency–phase–space encoding and a 66-parieto‑occipital high-density EEG setup.
Read moreA review synthesizes modeling work across DBS, spinal cord, vagus and peripheral nerve interfaces and recommends combining high-fidelity biophysical simulations with fast surrogate 'digital twin' models to speed device design and personalized stimulation. The authors call for more in vivo validation, standardized reporting, and open-source pipelines to bridge lab models and clinical programming.
Read moreRecipients of experimental brain implants report restored speech and robotic control but highlight practical limits: wired lab systems, decoder recalibration, surgical risks and short trial windows.
Read moreEndometriosis Surgical Specialists International (ESSI) argues parasympathetic activation should be integrated into standard care for endometriosis, chronic pelvic pain and related GI symptoms, recommending a tailored menu from breathing and pelvic-floor therapy to tVNS and gut-directed CBT.
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