Ira Flatow
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Science Friday · China's booming biotech, from a brain implant to drug discovery · 13 Jul 2026
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Joining me now to help answer some of the unknowns is Emily Mullen, a staff writer at Wired, who's been covering the brain-computer interface industry in China and the U.S.
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Welcome to Science Friday.
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So Emily, just how significant is this milestone for brain-computer interface technology?
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Huh.
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Tell me a bit about the implant.
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Can you describe it for us, how it works?
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How similar is this to other BCIs that other companies are currently developing?
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Yes, that's interesting.
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Could we see a bunch of more similar devices approved in China soon?
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And this is an important statement.
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China's saying, we have arrived?
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It's interesting you say how useful are these devices in everyday life.
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What kinds of everyday life applications are we talking about here?
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We always hear about stuff that works really well in the laboratory situation, right?
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How will we know if it really works out there in the real world for patients?
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Emily Mullen, staff writer at Wired.
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After the break, a look into what's driving China's biotech industry boom.
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Stay with us.
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Now, it's not just China's brain computer interface sector that's growing.
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The country's entire biotech industry has skyrocketed in recent years.
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