New Microchip Talks to Brain Cells
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Diseases, Health and Medicine, The Brain, Video on 08 11th, 2010 | one response
The science fiction world of bionic hybrid people is one step closer to reality now that a University of Calgary team has discovered how to get brain cells to “talk” to a silicon microchip.
The applications range from an implantable chip eventually being able to help people control chronic neurological disorders like epilepsy or Parkinson’s Disease.
But right now, just being able to study the chemical and electrical responses between brain cell and chip will help scientists better test drugs by knowing how the cell responds to each treatment.
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I would like to be a test subject to get the brain chip in my head.