A brain implant reduced this boy’s epilepsy seizures by 80%. And he charges it with headphones

A brain implant reduced this boy’s epilepsy seizures by 80%. And he charges it with headphones

As It Happens6:21A brain implant reduced this boy’s epilepsy seizures by 80%. And he charges it with his headphones Before he got his new brain implant, 13-year-old Oran Knowlson’s whole life revolved around his seizures. The British boy has a rare, medicine-resistant form of epilepsy that caused him to have hundreds of seizures a day,  … Read more

UK Takes the Lead in Tackling Cyberbullying As Online Safety Act Gets Royal Assent

UK Takes the Lead in Tackling Cyberbullying As Online Safety Act Gets Royal Assent

British people are set to get some relief from fake news, cyberflashing and other non-trivial forms of online abuse as the UK government introduced new plans to criminalise them. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology announced on January 31 that new offences are being introduced to criminalise cyberflashing and fake news. This part of … Read more

Researchers identify potential treatment target for genetic type of epilepsy

Researchers identify potential treatment target for genetic type of epilepsy

London [UK], December 11 (ANI): A team of researchers discovered a possible target for treating a hereditary form of epilepsy. The findings of the study published in Nature Communications, Francis Crick Institute, UCL and MSD researchers examined mice that lacked the Cdkl5 gene and used a technique called phosphoproteomics to scan for proteins that are … Read more