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Elon Musk says first human has been implanted with Neuralink brain chip

Elon Musk has said his start-up firm Neuralink has successfully implanted a computer chip into a human’s brain for the first time. The entrepreneur said the patient is “recovering well”. Neuralink aims to give those with paralysis the ability to ...

30 Jan 2024 at 08:54

Scientists create spinal cord implants that could allow paralysed people to walk

A scientific breakthrough may enable paralysed people to walk again as researchers have created human spinal cord implants in a world first. The 3D implants, made using human cells, had an 80% success rate in restoring the ability to walk in ...

07 Feb 2022 at 09:25

Music

Disability charity speaks out over ableist lyric in Lizzo’s new song Grrrls

A disability charity has urged Lizzo not to leave disabled people out of her message of “self-acceptance” after the pop star used an ableist slur in her recent song Grrrls. Since the song was released on June 10, the American singer has ...

14 Jun 2022 at 00:26

Scientists identify nerve cells that help patients walk again after paralysis

Scientists have identified a group of nerve cells that helps patients with paralysis stand up and walk again. These nerve cells, or neurons, called Vsx2, are present in the brain stem and the spinal cord and have been found to play a ...

09 Nov 2022 at 17:00

Ireland

Ceannt ‘remarkably fortunate’ to discover sculpture after near-fatal accident

A grandnephew of one of the 1916 Rising leaders says a near-fatal accident changed the course of his life. Acclaimed Irish sculptor Eamonn Ceannt stumbled into a sculpture class that helped him recover from his devastating injuries, ...

05 Oct 2025 at 11:00

First brain chip patient of Elon Musk’s Neuralink shown playing online chess

The first patient to have a computer chip implanted into their brain by Elon Musk’s Neuralink has been shown using the device to control a PC. In a livestream posted to X, formerly Twitter, 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh showed how he ...

21 Mar 2024 at 09:49

Local News

Paralysed people could walk again thanks to newly created 3D spinal cord implants

07 Feb 2022 at 17:34

Shocks

Adrenaline junkie cycles across Europe, skis and surfs never breaking a bone, then a mountain bike accident in a local park paralyses him

An adrenaline junkie with a passion for everything from skiing to surfing who has even cycled across Europe had never broken a bone until a freak mountain bike accident in a local park earlier this year left him paralysed ...

20 May 2022 at 09:19

Health

‘Sporty’ boy, 10, who woke up paralysed due to rare spinal tumour astounds doctors by being able to walk again in weeks

A “sporty” 10-year-old who woke up one morning paralysed from the chest down due to a rare spinal tumour has astounded doctors by being able to walk again in just five weeks. Harry Goulden, from Hampstead Garden Suburb, ...

13 Jan 2025 at 06:30

Health

Woman, 29, once nicknamed ‘smiler’ left physically unable to smile after waking up one morning with facial paralysis

A woman once known as “smiler” by all her work colleagues was left feeling like a “shell” of the person she was after waking up one morning with facial paralysis which has left her physically unable to smile. Olivia ...

01 Mar 2023 at 10:14

Music

Lizzo announces new version of song Grrrls following backlash over ableist lyric

Lizzo has announced she is releasing a new version of her recent song Grrrls with a “lyric change” after receiving backlash over the use of an ableist slur within the track. The pop superstar said she “never ...

14 Jun 2022 at 01:37

Shocks

Dad paralysed after ladder fall in his 20s who turned to drugs says ‘it’s not about the fall, it’s about the bounce’

A father-of-two left paralysed from the waist down in his mid-20s after falling 10ft from a ladder at a construction site, who then turned to alcohol and drugs as a coping mechanism, has said he is ...

22 May 2023 at 07:00

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