Each year, 150,000 people are victims of cerebrovascular accidents with, sometimes, serious consequences.
It is also estimated that there are currently 160,000 people affected by Parkinson's disease, and 900,000 by Alzheimer's disease.
Faced with the seriousness of these disorders, there are unfortunately only few treatments, which means that each new therapeutic promise is scrutinized with hope and impatience by patients and their families.
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Will we soon be able to cure Parkinson's disease?
On August 28, Elon Musk, boss of Tesla and SpaceX, publicly presented the results of research from Neuralink, another of his companies.
According to Musk, they are the first stone of a technical device that could in the medium term cure the consequences of strokes, dementias, paralysis and most neurological disorders.
In addition to the hope aroused among patients, there is also the enthusiasm of those who hope that in the long term this technology would allow us to increase our brain capacities ... and
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