Neuroengineering
Can a new approach control seizures without surgery?
Can a new approach control seizures without surgery? A new approach using low-intensity focused ultrasound has been demonstrated to quiet a seizure-relevant brain circuit in an animal model without surgery. The technique involves briefly opening the blood-brain barrier, delivering an engineered gene therapy to a specific region, and then flipping an on-demand “dimmer switch” with […]
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Watch: Prosthetic robot hand ‘knows’ what it’s touching
Watch: Prosthetic robot hand ‘knows’ what it’s touching Engineers have developed a pioneering prosthetic hand that can grip plush toys, water bottles, and other everyday objects like a human. The hand carefully conforms and adjusts its grasp to avoid damaging or mishandling whatever it holds. The system’s hybrid design is a first for robotic hands, […]
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