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  1. DATE: August 13, 2026 at 04:30AM
    SOURCE: STAT HEALTH TECH

    TITLE: STAT+: What patients actually think about ‘minimally invasive’ brain implants

    URL: statnews.com/2026/08/13/patien

    Scroll through the flashy websites of neurotechnology startups and a phrase repeats again and again: “minimally invasive.”

    “The term is fuzzy, problematic,” said Anna Wexler, a medical ethics and health policy professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. “Is it physical invasiveness? We’re not sure, it’s a fraught term.”

    The fuzziness hasn’t stopped most brain-computer interface startups from deploying it in a bid to differentiate their devices from others in development. Synchron, Motif Neurotech, Precision Neuroscience, and Merge Labs all use it liberally. Journalists sometimes repeat the spin.

    Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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  2. DATE: December 19, 2025 at 04:31PM
    SOURCE: BioWorld MedTech

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    RT @BioWorldScience: Researchers discover how #glioblastoma tumors dodge chemotherapy (free w/ registration)
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  3. DATE: December 03, 2025 at 11:02AM
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    Romidepsin offers hope for high-risk neuroblastoma @GarvanInstitute (free w/ registration)
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  4. DATE: October 31, 2025 at 03:28PM
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    RT @BioWorldScience: Better DNA repair helps bowhead whales live longer, cancer free (free w/ registration)
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  5. DATE: October 31, 2025 at 03:28PM
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    RT @BioWorldScience: Image anomalies found in 40% of brain hemorrhage animal studies (free w/ registration)
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  6. DATE: October 30, 2025 at 03:07PM
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    RT @BioWorldScience: Genetic code governing how mutations affect mRNA uncovered (free w/ registration)
    #preclinical #research #science #ne

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