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Vagus Nerve Stimulation Implant Shows Promise in Reducing Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis Trial

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Vagus Nerve Stimulation Implant Shows Sustained Symptom Reduction in Rheumatoid Arthritis Trial

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Vagus Nerve Stimulation Implant Shows Sustained Symptom Reduction in Crohn’s Disease Trial

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How the Heart’s Electrical System Resets After a Cardiac Event

After a heart attack, the heart's wiring doesn't just heal, it rewires itself, and that unstable rewiring window is now a target for new bioelectronic therapies.
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Bioelectronic Medicine Startup Raises $180M Series C

Corvus Neurotech closes a $180 million Series C to fund a pivotal trial of a splenic nerve implant for Crohn's disease, the largest bet yet on bioelectronic medicine as an alternative to biologics.
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Living Computer Uses Neuron-Chip Hybrid to Solve Logic Puzzles 40× Faster

Cortical Labs says its lab-grown neuron chip solved logic tasks 40 times faster than silicon alone. The claim is real news, but the benchmark deserves scrutiny.
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Your gut may help your brain decide what to remember

USC research finds the vagus nerve tells the hippocampus which meals are worth remembering, and junk food may quietly wreck that signal.
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Scientists discover a hidden brain rhythm that could improve Parkinson’s treatment

Researchers in Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Berlin mapped both the location and the timing of the brain network that deep brain stimulation must reach to treat Parkinson's disease.
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Mantis Shrimp Vision Reveals New Principles for Bioelectric Light Processing

Mantis shrimp encode color at the photoreceptor itself, not in the brain. That trick is now shaping optogenetic therapies for human blindness.
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Fern Species Found to Generate Sustained Bioelectric Fields Across 40cm Range

A new report describes a resurrection fern producing an electrical field 40cm wide, far beyond known plant signaling range. The claim is real news, but not yet verified science.
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Slime Molds Solve Mazes With Self-Optimizing Electrical Networks

Physarum polycephalum has no neurons, yet it builds efficient networks and solves mazes using pure bioelectric oscillation. Here's how, and why it matters for computing.
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FDA Clears First Fully Wireless Neural Implant for Home Use

The FDA has cleared Synchron's Stentrode for unsupervised home use, the first neural implant patients can run without a clinic wand or technician in the room.
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Bioelectricity Startup Raises $95M to Build the First Drug-Free Hypertension Device

Bioelectronics startup BackBeat Medical closed a $95M Series C to scale its implantable cardiac pacemaker-based system that reduces blood pressure without drugs — through precisely timed electrical pulses.
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