Obese patients to be implanted with brain chips in a bid to prevent overeating
Tiny brain chips are set to be implanted in overweight patients in a bid could curb the rise of obesity.
A team of scientists from Stanford University are hoping to trial the brain stimulating chip on six humans for the first time this year after successful trials in mice.
The chips work by delivering a minor jolt to the part of the brain that sends signals when someone is about to gorge on food, and scientists hope could it could help people snap out of harmful eating habits.
Last year, researchers proved that obese mice who had the implants ate 60pc less fatty foods. They hope the success can now be replicated in humans.
Casey Halpern, the lead researcher in this project, told the Telegraph...
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/08/14/obese-patients-implanted-brain-chips-bid-prevent-overeating/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/08/14/obese-patients-implanted-brain-chips-bid-prevent-overeating/
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