Future treatments for neurodegenerative diseases
Focused scientific research on neurotransmitters and the related study on the ion gates for their synaptic functions. It is estimated that in a relatively short time we will be able to design ion field effect transistors able to interface with our neurons. This would be a quantum leap for understanding of our neural system: the study of the decoding of the interchange information of the axons will make possible to understand the process of the very birth of the information that our brain stores throughout its existence, our memories, our consciousness.
A revolutionary medical approach for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, for the correction of synaptic transmission errors, for replacing sensorial organs, making life better for those who have lost for example sight or hearing.
However, research in this branch goes beyond the mere corrective purpose for what statistically could make a brain differ from the others: an electronic neuron capable not only of interfacing, but also of replacing or integrating itself transparently, becoming part of the synaptic transmission network, would represent a targeted upgrade of our neural capabilities, and at the same time the first step towards freedom from organic dependence as human being.
A goal that goes beyond medicine itself, since having an electronic neuron identical in all his respect to its organic counterpart would make the self-learning of any artificial intelligence equal, if not superior, to our own learning.