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Scientists in Taiwan have invented a high-tech way to relieve pain, and it may change the future of medical treatment. It’s not a pill. In fact, it’s unlike anything you’d find in your medicine cabinet at home. Led by Taiwan National University (NTU), the research team has created a microchip that can be placed inside a user’s body. After the chip is inserted, the user can activate it and experience relief from pain simply by swiping a card-like machine by the chip, the same way you would swipe a subway card over a sensor. It sounds like something out of a science-fiction story, but it’s actually real. The invention should be ready for public use in a couple of years. The microchip, which only costs US$10, is inserted near the spinal cord. The chip stimulates spinal nerves and alleviates pain when it is swiped by a machine about the size of a cell phone. Each swipe is expected to be valid for three months of pain relief.So far, the product has only been tested on lab rats. Human tests will take place soon, and the creators are optimistic about the results. If it succeeds, it should offer a helpful new way to relief pain for people all over the world. It will also mean significant profits because the chip is incredibly inexpensive to produce, and it is predicted that it will bring in some US$23 million annually by 2013. Aside from being cheaper, the chip will likely have other advantages over current methods of relief for chronic pain. For example, one popular method being used now is called Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES), but it requires surgery, follow-up surgery, and regular x-rays. This new microchip and other inventions sure to follow are changing medical treatments in big ways.
40. What is the best title for this article?
(A) Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) and X-rays.
(B) Lab rats and human tests.
(C) Breakthrough: Pain-relieving microchip.
(D) Surgery and pain-killer

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統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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