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Test monkeys at Elon Musk’s controversial biotech startup Neuralink died due to a number of complications from brain chip implant procedures, counter to the claims made by the multi-billionaire ...
A similar inspection at Neuralink's Texas facility did not find problems, according to agency records. Exclusive-FDA finds problems at animal lab run by Musk’s brain implant company Skip to main ...
In all, the company has killed about 1,500 animals, including more than 280 sheep, pigs and monkeys, following experiments since 2018, according to records reviewed by Reuters and sources with ...
FDA inspectors identified the issues at Neuralink's animal testing facilities in California in June 2023, several weeks after the agency had given the company the green light for a small study of ...
From 2017 to 2020, UC Davis worked with neurotechnology company Neuralink to test brain-machine interfaces on monkeys. [13] In 2022, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) alleged that Neuralink and UC Davis had mistreated several monkeys, subjecting them to psychological distress, extreme suffering, and chronic infections due ...
Elon Musk says his brain implant device company Neuralink is ready for human trials, but a report says test monkeys died in the animal trials.
Neuralink tests its devices by surgically implanting them in the brains of live monkeys, pigs, and other animals. [56] This has been criticized by groups such as PETA. [57] In August 2020, Neuralink conducted a live demo in which the brain activity of a pig, Gertrude, was displayed in real time.
On February 13, 2025, the New York Times [14] revealed that one of the inspectors fired, Phyllis Fong, inspector for the Department of Agriculture, was conducting an investigation into Elon Musk’s brain implant startup, Neuralink. This company had allegedly mistreated dozens of test monkeys that later had to be euthanized.