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The image shows the robotic needle test on a phantom blood clot.

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·August 12, 2013·5 min read

Robot Uses Steerable Needles to Treat Brain Clots

Researchers develop a steerable needle robot which can penetrate the brain and suction away blood clots.

Image shows surgeons implanting a DBS device into a person with tourette.

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·April 7, 2017·5 min read

Deep Brain Stimulation Decreases Tics in Young Adults with Severe Tourette Syndrome

Deep brain stimulation helps reduce movement tics and verbal outbursts in people suffering from Tourette, researchers report.

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·October 10, 2016·5 min read

Researchers Map Genomic Landscape of Schwannoma Brain Cancer

A new study describes the genomic landscape of schwannoma brain cancers.

This image is an illustration of the technique in use.

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·June 17, 2015·5 min read

Imaging Technique Provides Color Coded Map Showing Cancerous Brain Areas

OCT could make brain tumor removal safer and more effective, researchers report.

Image shows a brain with the different lobes labeled.

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·September 22, 2015·3 min read

Researchers Identify Possible Physiological Cause of Brain Deficits with Aging

A new study appears to support the neural noise hypothesis, which proposes the signal to noise ratio in neural circuits diminishes with aging.

The image shows how the eye movements returned to normal after surgery.

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·December 16, 2014·4 min read

New Technology Advances Eye Tracking as Biomarker for Brain Function and Brain Injury

New technology has been developed which can assess the location and impact of a brain injury by tracking eye movements.

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·April 5, 2024·7 min read

Heart Preserved Over 24 Hours: New Hope for Transplant Patients

Groundbreaking research demonstrates a significant advancement in heart transplant preservation, enabling pig hearts to be kept alive for over 24 hours using normothermic ex-vivo heart perfusion (NEHP). This method, which maintains donor hearts in a near-physiological state, could revolutionize the transplantation field by extending the viability period far beyond the current six-hour window.

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·May 1, 2017·4 min read

Your Future Surgery May Use an Automated, Robotic Drill

A new automated, robotic surgical drill is able to reduce procedure time from two hours to two and a half minutes for a complex cranial operation.

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·July 5, 2019·8 min read

Nerve transfer surgery restores hand function and elbow extension in 13 young adults with complete paralysis

A novel surgical technique that connects functioning nerves with injured nerves helps restore function to paralyzed muscles. Following surgery, 13 young adults with tetraplegia now have restored hand and elbow function, allowing them to feed themselves, hold a drink and write.

Diagram of a newborn babsy with an open defect spinal bifida.

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·September 15, 2015·8 min read

Best Candidates for Fetal Spina Bifida Surgery May Be Identified Through Brain Scans

A new study reports fetuses with enlarged ventricles may be less likely to benefit from prenatal surgery to treat spina bifida than other fetuses, and are more likely to require a second surgery to relieve a build up of pressure on the brain.