Elie Dolgin, PHD, Science Journalist
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Medical staffers view a computer screen showing the inside of a narrowed artery.
By Elie Dolgin May 15, 2024
The new fiber-optic probe could transform aneurysm and brain clot treatments
Man wearing the FSYX Ocular Pressure Adjusting Pump device for glaucoma treatment.
By Elie Dolgin March 22, 2024
FDA panel’s green light on glaucoma wearable device offers hope in sight.
A colored microscope image of a mouse brain with many dots lit within.
By Elie Dolgin February 28, 2024
40-Hz sound and light oscillations activate the brain’s waste-disposal function.
Silhouette of a person's head with a broken needle
By Elie Dolgin July 11, 2023
Different types of brain stimulation may reduce cravings.
Galvani’s system includes a nerve stimulator that attaches to the splenic nerve
By Elie Dolgin December 26, 2022
Studies will soon show whether electroceuticals outperform pharmaceuticals.
Lucira’s Check-It COVID-19 molecular home test
By Elie Dolgin January 24, 2022
Rapid PCR-quality results are possible, but cost and supply issues stand in the way of mass adoption.
BrainsGate's Ischemic Stroke System neurostimulation device
By Elie Dolgin December 13, 2021
Implantable device boosts blood flow to aid in stroke recovery, but questions linger over trial data.
Strand of nucleic acids and pills
By Elie Dolgin November 24, 2021
Unclear road ahead for biotech behind COVID-19 immunization successes
Gorilla looking at smartphone
By Elie Dolgin July 17, 2019
A new Doolittlesque initiative aims to promote Internet communication among smart animals.
Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan covered in lunar dust
By Elie Dolgin June 27, 2019
Apollo astronauts inhabited the moon for just a few days, but the long-term physiological effects of lunar living could be severe.
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