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Novel Neural Cell Therapy a Cure for Focal Epilepsy?

Megan Brooks April 21, 2023 An experimental neural cell therapy is safe and led to greater than 90% reduction in seizures in two patients with drug-resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) in the first-in-human test of the novel therapy. “It is notable that the early significant seizure reduction observed in this study appears to be durable in...

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Focal epilepsy often overlooked

NYU LANGONE HEALTH / NYU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Having subtler symptoms, a form of epilepsy that affects only one part of the brain often goes undiagnosed long enough to cause unexpected seizures that contribute to car crashes, a new study finds.  The study, publishing online Oct. 20 in the journal Epilepsia, addressed focal epilepsy, the most...