Early results show promise in trial involving injection of lab-grown inhibitory neurons into brain
The first two epilepsy patients to receive an experimental stem cell therapy experienced an almost complete reduction in seizures a year after treatment, early trial results show.
The therapy involves a single brain injection of lab-grown neurons that are designed to dampen electrical activity with the aim of stopping seizures. It is too early to confirm whether approach is effective but the initial results, presented at the International Society for Stem Cell Research’s annual meeting in Boston last week, are viewed as extremely encouraging.
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