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Re:Scientists Reverse Brain Damage in Drowned Toddler? by nkoren on Thursday July 20, 2017 @11:15AM (#14813176)
> In Star Trek, they can heal wounds by shining a light on them

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorefractive_keratectomy

> They can erase and alter people's memory

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14572521, plus lots of pharmacological stuff in spook-land which is well-attested but rarely peer-reviewed.

> They can scan for problems using a handheld device.

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/26/health/ai-system-detects-s...

> We are nowhere near any of that.

In the case of your specific examples, we are. It's early days and unevenly distributed, but actually we are getting there.

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