INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A team led by China’s Nankai University has completed what it calls the world’s first human trial of a brain-computer interface (BCI)
implanted via blood vessels, helping a paralysed patient regain limb movement.
Unlike the open-skull approach of Elon Musk’s US-based
neurotechnology company Neuralink, the Nankai University method reportedly reduces risk and shortens recovery time.
This research was led by
Professor Duan Feng, vice dean of the university’s medical college, and the interventional...