Elon Musk Strange deaths of Neuralink monkeys, Why are Neuralink monkeys dying? Strange deaths of Elon Musk's Neuralink monkeys of your subjects as a result of brain implants died He denied the allegations. However, Wired points out some documents that show otherwise.
Elon Musk said earlier this month that "no monkeys have died as a result of the Neuralink implant," but An alarming new report published by Wired It seems to contradict Musk's statement. Public documents obtained by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) and seen by Wired show that Neuralink's macaque test subjects were euthanized after suffering from various complications including "bloody diarrhea, partial paralysis, and cerebral edema."
Wired writes that documents show that a male monkey was euthanized in March 2020 “after his skull implant came loose,” and necropsy revealed that “the failure of this implant could be considered purely mechanical and was not worsened by infection.”
On Tuesday, Neuralink introduced people with quadriplegia toannounced that it has started human trials.
PCRM is a nonprofit organization that opposes the use of live animals in testing and sued UC Davis, obtaining documents from the California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC), a biological research facility at the school where the tests were conducted. These documents are now published on the website and the letter he sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday. Neuralink raises funds from investors to create a brain-computer interface The letters accuse Musk of securities fraud, citing a reported $280 million. A spokesperson for UC Davis declined to comment to Wired.
Wired states that in a December 2019 experiment included in one of the documents, a monkey had to be euthanized after a piece of Neuralink's brain implant broke off during the surgical procedure, causing an infection. Another macaque, known as Animal 15, “began pressing its head into the ground for no apparent reason” days after receiving the implant, and its condition worsened from then on:
The animal 15 began to lose coordination and staff observed him shaking uncontrollably when he saw laboratory workers. His condition worsened for months until staff finally euthanized him. A necropsy report, shows that he had bleeding in his brain and that Neuralink implants had “focally ruptured” parts of his cerebral cortex.
In addition to claiming that no monkeys have died due to the Neuralink implant, Musk said the startup “selected lethal monkeys (already near death)” as test subjects to “minimize the risk to healthy monkeys.” However, Wired quotes an anonymous former employee as saying this is not true:
A former Neuralink employee, who showed a copy of Musk's remarks in “We had these monkeys for about a year before any surgery was done,” they say. The former employee, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, says the program requires about a year of behavioral training, a time frame that would exempt subjects who were already on the brink of death.
Last year, PCRM filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) alleging that Neuralink's practices violated the Animal Welfare Act. Neuralink is also being investigated by the U.S. Department of Transportation over allegations it was illegally transporting contaminated devices extracted from the brains of monkeys.
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