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Did You Hear About Pinpoint Treatment Delivery Developed At MIT For Neurological Disorders?
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This is a clip from an article in today's Boston Herald: "Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a miniature needle as thin as a strand of hair that can deliver medicine to specific areas of the brain and provide better treatment options to people with neurological conditions like epilepsy and schizophrenia.

“The whole idea here is that instead of treating the entire brain, you can treat small portions of the brain,” MIT engineering professor Michael Cima said. “Right… read more

posted January 26, 2018
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Really, I don,t know anything about,"Pinpoint treatment" for epilepsy?? Sorry, I don,t have an answer for that new type of medical treatment. Mary355

posted January 26, 2018
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I didn't see that. Thanks for sharing!

posted February 7, 2018
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

thank you for sharing- :)

posted February 1, 2018
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I’ll have to ask my Epileptologist this Monday.

posted January 27, 2018
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Good to hear they are doing research as I feel a little hard done by in AED's like we are "oh try that one and this one" lol xxx been on so many in my years of Epilepsy xxx

posted January 27, 2018

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