Musk’s Neuralink to Start Human Trials of Brain Implant for Paralysis Patients

Trial will use a robot to surgically place a wireless brain-computer interface implant in a region of the brain that controls movement intention.
Musk’s Neuralink to Start Human Trials of Brain Implant for Paralysis Patients
The Neuralink logo and Elon Musk are shown in an illustration from Dec. 19, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
Katabella Roberts
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Elon Musk’s neurotechnology company Neuralink has received approval from an independent review board and hospital to begin recruiting for the first-ever human trials of its brain implant for paralysis patients.

In a statement, Neuralink announced that it has begun recruiting patients with quadriplegia because of a cervical spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) for the clinical trial.

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