UC Davis researchers have developed a brain-computer interface that can instantaneously translate brain activity into voice as a person tries to speak — effectively creating a digital vocal tract.

University of Utah medical ethicists are now shining a light on a buried part of the infamous Stateville Penitentiary malaria research in hopes of revealing how the prison experiments advanced medical science that benefits patients today, and which would not have happened were it not for the participation of Black inmates. This research conducted from 1950 until 1974, when medical research on prison inmates was suspended across the country, discovered the genetic basis for adverse drug reactions and led to the science of pharmacogenetics.