Friday, August 29, 2014

DARPA's ElectRx Project: Self-Healing Bodies Through Targeted Stimulation Of The Nerves

http://www.forbes.com/sites/federicoguerrini/2014/08/29/darpas-electrx-project-self-healing-bodies-through-targeted-stimulation-of-the-nerves/

Among the many actions to improve the health of veterans, and their families, announced last Tuesday by President Obama, there was something seemingly taken out of Stargate SG-1: ElectRx, a $78.9 million research program to develop minimally-invasive neurotechnologies to treat all kind of diseases, from rheumatoid arthritis to epilepsy and PTSD.

Managed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), its aim is to develop “new, high-precision, minimally invasive technologies for modulating nerve circuits to restore and maintain human health”. Put it simply, the idea is to implant in people’s bodies ultraminiaturized devices that could hook into the brain and modulate the peripheral nervous system’s response to infections, injuries or other imbalances.

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