Good News: sunglasses let deaf people ‘see’ conversations and world’s first trial of lab-grown blood

This is your Good News round-up. Here are this week’s positive headlines:

The world’s first trial of lab-grown blood could revolutionise transfusions; new sunglasses that let deaf people ‘see’ and recall conversations has been launched worldwide; some of the brightest young academic minds across the world have presented 100 ideas with the potential to change the way we live; egg whites have been shown to filter microplastics and salt out of water, and a study finds that daily meditation may work as well as a popular drug to calm anxiety.

1. The world’s first trial of lab-grown blood could revolutionise transfusion

A scientific breakthrough that could help millions of people has just taken place in the UK

Researchers have injected lab-created blood into people for the first time.

The clinical trial is a key first step towards making lab-grown red blood cells available for patients who frequently need transfusions, or who have rare blood types that are hard to source from donors.

So far, two people have received the lab-grown red cells. No unexpected side effects were reported, the team said in a statement.

The hope is that because the lab-grown cells are so freshly made, they’ll actually perform better than standard blood donations.

Find out more about the trial and its prospects here, written by Natalie Huet for NEXT, the future-focused section of Euronews.

2. New sunglasses that let deaf people ‘see’ and recall conversations have been launched worldwide

XRAI, a company that develops software that allows deaf and hard-of-hearing people to ‘see’ conversations via augmented reality (AR) and smart glasses, has officially launched to global markets.

The XRAI glasses can add subtitles to everything the user listens to, as well as give