Neuralink is undoubtedly one of Elon Musk’s companies What caused the most controversy? In last years. His goal, in the billionaire’s own words, is to make the blind see again, paraplegics walk again, and turn human beings into cyborgs so they can overcome the limitations of their own condition, his own. humanity.

It is treated as a medical company and it is normal because they do bio-implants, but they have raised many questions and in fact their experiments with monkeys have caused numerous accusations of animal cruelty. Amidst all these controversies, one of the most important key points for Elon Musk’s company, be able to test on humans.

Reuters published an extensive and interesting article on this topic, where they analyzed its most important keys and also discussed the vehemently rejected by the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) at Neuralink’s request to begin its human trials.

The FDA rejection occurred in 2022, but was shrouded in considerable secrecy by Elon Musk’s company and has not yet been discovered. According to the source, when the FDA received the petition, it responded with several dozen problems that Neuralink has to solve completely before it is possible to reconsider entering the human testing phase, and these include mainly safety issues such as the risks of implanting a lithium-ion battery, the risks of cables migrating to other areas of the brain, and other issues related to the possibility of removing implants without damaging brain tissue .

Some topics are so basic that truth makes me wonder what stage Neuralink is really at and makes me wonder if they are really ready to face the leap into human trials and in the long term. They have a lot of work ahead of them, and at this point it is important to remember those leaks that said that the monkeys that the company used to test their implants not only died, but also suffered extreme pain. I think we don’t want to see this in people.