{"id":1938435,"date":"2023-05-26T05:10:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T09:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musks-neuralink-startup-receives-fda-approval-for-first-in-human-brain-chip-implant-clinical-study\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T05:12:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T09:12:44","slug":"elon-musks-neuralink-startup-receives-fda-approval-for-first-in-human-brain-chip-implant-clinical-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musks-neuralink-startup-receives-fda-approval-for-first-in-human-brain-chip-implant-clinical-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuralink, Elon Musk&#8217;s startup, gets FDA nod for first human brain chip implant study."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musks-neuralink-startup-receives-fda-approval-for-first-in-human-brain-chip-implant-clinical-study%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1938435&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Neuralink Receives FDA Approval for First In-Human Clinical Study<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Elon Musk\u2019s Neuralink neurotechnology startup company has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to launch its first in-human clinical study. This is a major milestone for the experimental brain-chip implant that could treat neurological disorders such as paralysis and blindness by bridging signals between existing neurons. The company has also claimed that it would allow humans to save and replay memories, saying that \u201cthe future is going to be weird.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Neuralink received FDA breakthrough designation for its technology three years ago, and Musk repeatedly claimed that human trials would begin immediately. However, the company had its application rejected in early 2022 by the FDA over safety concerns. Seven current and former FDA employees told Reuters earlier this year that the agency\u2019s major safety concerns involved \u201cthe device\u2019s lithium battery; the potential for the implant\u2019s tiny wires to migrate to other areas of the brain; and questions over whether and how the device can be removed without damaging brain tissue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s Next for Neuralink?<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Neuralink officials have said that the recruitment process for its clinical trial has not yet opened. The FDA has not issued a statement about the approval. Analysts from Grand View Research expect the worldwide market specific to brain implants to witness a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-to-introduce-subscription-option\/\" title=\"Twitter To Introduce Subscription Option\">compound annual growth rate<\/a> above 9% over the next five years. The growing population of senior citizens, who are more likely to suffer from diseases such as Parkinson\u2019s and Alzheimer\u2019s, is expected to serve as a key market for the technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Other Advancements in Brain-Computer Interface Technology<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">News of the advancements in brain-computer interface technology comes as firms rush to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rival-to-elon-musks-neuralink-moves-closer-to-fda-approved-brain-implant\/\" title=\"Elon Musk's competitor in brain implants nears FDA approval.\">develop artificial intelligence solutions<\/a>. Paradromics, a company seeking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musks-neuralink-startup-receives-fda-approval-for-first-in-human-brain-chip-implant-clinical-study\/\" title=\"Neuralink, Elon Musk's startup, gets FDA nod for first human brain chip implant study.\">build direct data interfaces<\/a> with the human brain, earned a breakthrough device designation last week from the FDA, granting the firm an expedited review process to incorporate the technology into medical applications. Earlier this month, researchers at the University of Texas in Austin unveiled a system that uses AI to transform a person\u2019s brain activity into written words. The \u201csemantic decoder\u201d learns how to translate thoughts as the person listens to podcasts, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scientists-unveil-ai-that-can-turn-thoughts-into-written-text\/\" title=\"Scientists Unveil AI That Can Turn Thoughts Into Written Text\">system concurrently measures brain activity<\/a>, then produces text that mirrors the meaning of the individual\u2019s thoughts. The system does not require implants but is impractical for use outside of a laboratory.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Get the Daily Wire App<\/h3>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--focus-visible\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-11618\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>Ben Zeisloft contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neuralink, Elon Musk&#8217;s neurotechnology startup, has been granted FDA approval for its first in-human clinical study. The collaboration between Neuralink and the FDA is a significant milestone towards the development of technology that will revolutionize the way we interact with machines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":1938436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7100,10106,4249,8468,5576,14533,4842,18329,14841,16303,4866],"class_list":["post-1938435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-brain","tag-chip","tag-elon","tag-fda","tag-human","tag-implant","tag-musks","tag-neuralink","tag-nod","tag-startup","tag-study"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1938435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1938436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1938435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1938435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1938435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}