Silicon computer chips successfully implanted in living human cells

Scientists at the Instituto de Microelectronica de Barcelona. have found a way to institute minute silicon chips into living-cells. This step in the bionanotechnological movement can tell us alot about our cells and find an early detection of disease, and new cellular repair mechanisms. The scientists at this institute have been working with nanotechnology for a while and they finally have been able to implement the nano chips into living cells and tell us about our cells and how they work at a nano level. CMOS, a technology for making integrated circuits, have produced the chips the scientists have used in their experiement. To achieve success in the experiment the scientists first needed to gather the nanochips and implant them into the living cells.


Once the chips were implanted thet monitored the cells to make sure they were living and healthy. The scientists discovered that the implanted cells stayed alive and working for a week, 90% of the cells remained and only a very small amount died. The most important goal for the scientists was to create intracellular sensors and make sure they worked perfectly and can be used in humans to possibly cure diseases." "Today's micro- and nanoelectronic processes already would allow us to produce complex 3-dimensional microscale structures as sensors and actuators," said Plaza. The main applications of future intracellular chips will be the study of individual cells. This technology could aid in the early detection of diseases and new cellular repair mechanisms.