Neuralink, the brain-computer interface startup led by Elon Musk, has achieved another milestone as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave a green light for the company to implant its brain chip in a second person as soon as next month, the Wall Street Journal first reported today (May 20). The regulatory clearance follows Neuralink’s first human trial in January, which experienced malfunction post-implantation, but the company has proposed solutions to the issues in the next test.

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In January, Noland Arbaugh, a 30-year-old quadriplegic who had no movement below his shoulders for eight years following a spinal cord injury, underwent surgery to have Neuralink’s N1 implant installed beneath his skull. The........

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