The company has finally received approval from the State Regulator and will be able to begin clinical trials on humans in the near future.
In March 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected Elon Musk’s Neuralink application for human trials of brain chips. NS Medical Devices writes that this is because of security risks and many other issues.
At that time, the State Regulator had serious concerns about the possibility of implant wires passing into the brain, a lithium battery, as well as the problem of removing the chip without damaging the brain tissue. Note that since 2016, Neuralink has developed a brain chip called Link, which is designed to be implanted in the brain, possibly allowing severely paralyzed patients to use neural signals to control external technologies.
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On March 26, it was learned that the FDA had finally given the green light to start the first clinical trial of brain implants in humans. Regarding this, Neuralink representatives say on their Twitter page that this decision is “an important first step towards helping this technology help people someday.”
Note that Elon Musk’s company has long developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) called Link. The researchers state that their development aims to enable people with serious degenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in the future to be able to communicate with their loved ones using the implant. It is assumed that the brain chip will allow you to control cursors and print thoughts.
At the same time, Neuralink did not reveal details on what the first human clinical trial will focus on. It is also known that the creditor purchases have not started yet. Elon Musk’s company said that participants can start working in the near future, while more detailed information about clinical trials will emerge.
Elon Musk has previously stated that in the future, brain implants could provide telepathy as well as enable patients with degenerative disorders to surf the Internet. In addition, Musk suggested that brain chips could also be used to solve a number of diseases, for example:
- obesity;
- autism;
- depression;
- schizophrenia.
Previously Focus He wrote about how brain chips can change your personality in incredible ways.
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