Scientists develop bio-synthetic material that could allow human brain to 'merge' with AI

In a breakthrough development bridging gap between artificial intelligence (AI) and human tissues, scientists have discovered a bio-syntic material that can be used to 'merge' AI with  human brain.

Even though ‘Cyborgs’ that are part human and part robotic have mostly been seen as fictional characters, research presented at American Chemical Society Fall 2020 virtual expo marked a major step forward to integrate electronics with body. 

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Connecting any wires to human tissues has been biggest challenge for scientists as tritional materials like gold, silicon, and steel cause scarring that furr bar process. David Martin, PhD at University of Delaware, who led  study has explained that when researchers dug deeper to find a suitable material, y found a chemically stable example that was on sale as an antistatic coating for electronic displays. 

“We started looking at organic electronic materials like conjugated polymers that were being used in n-biological devices,” says Martin, who is at University of Delaware. “We found a chemically stable example that was sold commercially as an antistatic coating for electronic displays.” 

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'PEDOT' film

On furr research, it was found out that same material h polymer with required properties for integrating hardware and human tissue. polymers were conjugated along with being electrically and ionically active.

se ions provide researchers with charge essential to move around during operation. Since discovery of unique bio-syntic material, Martin and has been determined to specialise polymer and came up with ‘PEDOT film’. 

PEDOT constitutes of carboxylic acid, aldehyde or maleimide substituent to ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) momer that has provided researchers with versatility to create or polymers to perform a range of functions.

Performing chemistry, Martin came up with PEDOT film with an antibody for a vascular endolial growth factor (VEGF) attached. VEGF basically stimulates growth of blood vessels after injury, and tumours ‘hijack’ protein to increase ir blood supply. 

Moreover, polymer that researchers developed could act as a sensor to detect overexpression of VEGF and thus early sts of disease, among or several potential applications. y have even developed a polymer with dopamine that play a role in dictive behaviours of an individual. Martin ted that ‘se biological-syntic hybrid materials might someday be useful in merging artificial intelligence with human brain.’

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