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Protecting our brain power from being coveted
Dictating a text just by thinking about it Expanding your memory with brain implants Creating memories in a mouses brain While these innovations are still at the experimental stage they are no longer in the realm of science fiction Advances in our understanding of the brains mechanisms are now making possible what seemed unthinkable only a short while ago While this progress holds great promise for the treatment of certain diseases it also raises important ethical questions In its latest report UNESCOs International Bioethics Committee warns of the possible infringement of human rights that the use of these new technologies entails