Pentagon Microchip Implants
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soldiers-brains

Submitted by Adam Thomas on Mon, 2007-07-30 19:49.

The Department of Defense is planning to implant microchips in
soldiers' brains for monitoring their health information, and has
already awarded a $1.6 million contract to the Center for
Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips (C3B) at Clemson University
for the development of an implantable "biochip".

Soldiers fear that the biochip, about the size of a grain of rice,
which measures and relays information on soldiers vital signs 24
hours a day, can be used to put them under surveillance even when
they are off duty.

But Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, C3B director and Professor of Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering and Bioengineering claims the that the
invivo biosensors will save lives as first responders to the trauma
scene could inject the biochip into the wounded victim and gather
data almost immediately.

He believes that the device has other long-term potential
applications, such as monitoring astronauts' vital signs during long-
duration space flights and reading blood-sugar levels for diabetics.

"We now lose a large percentage of patients to bleeding, and getting
vital information such as how much oxygen is in the tissue back to ER
physicians and medical personnel can often mean the difference
between life and death," said Guiseppi-Elie. "Our goal is to improve
the quality and expediency of care for fallen soldiers and civilian
trauma victims." The biochip also may be injected as a precaution to
future traumas."

Clemson scientists have formulated a gel that mimics human tissue and
reduces the chances of the body rejecting the biochip, which has been
a problem in the past.

The researcher predicts the biochip is five years away from human
trials, and the DoD could start implanting microchips in soldiers
bodies soon after.