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Implantable 'living pharmacy' could control body's sleep/wake cycles
EurekAlert! is a service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. ^ | 5-13-21 | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Posted on 05/16/2021 8:06:00 PM PDT by dynachrome

A Northwestern University-led team of researchers has signed a cooperative agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a wireless, fully implantable device that will control the body's circadian clock, halving the time it takes to recover from disrupted sleep/wake cycles.

The first phase of the highly interdisciplinary program will focus on developing the implant. The second phase, contingent on the first, will validate the device. If that milestone is met, then researchers will test the device in human trials, as part of the third phase. The full funding corresponds to $33 million over 4 1/2 years.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: darpa; implantable; sleepcycles; transhuman
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To: Secret Agent Man

Same thing with pacemakers.


21 posted on 05/17/2021 9:52:48 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: metmom

Your VACUUM CLEANER has a chip in it!


22 posted on 05/17/2021 12:09:21 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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