Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink wants to implant a chip in human brains and is looking for a volunteer for its first clinical trial. If the chip works properly, it would help improve the lives of millions of people. It is especially intended for people suffering from paralysis, stroke, Lou Gehrig’s disease or hearing and sight loss. The website informs about the progress Bloomberg or Insider.
However, volunteers have not yet had the opportunity to report for chip testing. However, that should change now, Musk is looking for volunteers for his experiment. Next year, he plans to operate the chip on about eleven patients. Thousands of people have already expressed interest in one of Neuralink’s brain implants, according to a recent Bloomberg report.
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The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) previously rejected Neuralink’s bid for human testing in March due to safety concerns, Reuters reported, including that the wires connected to the brain chip could move around in the subject’s head or that the chip could overheat . In May of this year, the company finally received the green light from the FDA for the first human clinical trial, Reuters reported. At that time, however, volunteers could not yet apply for the study.
In September, the company finally started recruiting for the first human trial. Neuralink in a post on blog stated that he was looking for people who had paralysis of all four limbs due to spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The goal is to help people with neurological disorders. In the future, the chip should allow people to send messages or play games using only their thoughts. By 2030, Musk wants to operate the device on more than 22,000 people.
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Ashlee Vance, one of Musk’s biographers, said that despite the great interest, they are still looking for willing subjects. For the experimental chip, it is necessary to surgically remove part of the skull. And not everyone is willing to accept that. At the same time, it is necessary to perform a craniotomy (opening of the skull) to correctly insert the chip and its numerous wires. Ashlee said Neuralink has performed 155 implant surgeries using the robot on a variety of animals – including pigs and monkeys.
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