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Elon Musk, Neuralink and the horrifying death of test monkeys: What’s the truth?
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Elon Musk, Neuralink and the horrifying death of test monkeys: What’s the truth?

[ad_1] Neuralink, Elon Musk's neurotechnology company on Tuesday announced that it would be commencing human trials soon after getting FDA approval a few months ago. For a study, called ‘PRIME Study', which is expected to last 6 years, the company is recruiting test subjects with a specific focus on people with quadriplegia, a form of paralysis which affects people from the neck down. However, the company has been in deep waters this month with questions over the nature of the death of Neuralink's test monkeys. While Musk earlier this month had claimed on X that no test monkey had died due to a Neuralink implant, an alarming report from Wired suggests otherwise.Neuralink's test monkeys: Cause of deathDocuments that were already available in the public domain were obtained by the Physici...